Neil Industries Ltd. Vs. Jawan Mining and Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd. – NCLAT New Delhi
NCLAT held that Section 5(8) of the IBC which is relevant for the present case defines financial debt to mean a debt along with interest which is disbursed against the consideration for the time value of money. Further, clauses (a) to (i) of Section 5(8) delineates the nature of transactions which are included in the definition of financial debt which includes money borrowed against payment of interest. In the facts of the present case, the Appellant has issued a demand notice which contained cumulative demand of all the three loan amounts. In the given factual matrix, the Adjudicating Authority is required to notice as to whether the application is complete or not and if there is a debt and the Corporate Debtor has defaulted in the payment, whether the amount so defaulted is more than the threshold limit of Rs. 1 lakh.