This case involves an appeal against an order dated 08.01.2024 passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench, Court II in IA No.2777 of 2022. The NCLT allowed the application filed by the Liquidator and directed the Appellant, Arkay Logistics Limited, to return an amount of Rs.18,10,00,000/- to the Corporate Debtor, EPC Constructions (India) Ltd. The appeal challenges the jurisdiction of the NCLT to entertain the application for recovery of debt.
EPC Construction (India) Ltd. (Corporate Debtor) was awarded a contract by GSPL India Gasnet Ltd. (GIGL) on 18.01.2017, requiring a Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) of Rs.21,17,30,000/-. The Corporate Debtor requested Arkay Logistics Limited (Appellant) to arrange the PBG from their existing line of credit with Axis Bank. Axis Bank provided the PBG by marking a lien on the Appellant's fixed deposits (FDs). The Corporate Debtor paid Rs.6.60 crores in two tranches on 01.03.2017 and 02.03.2017, and later Rs.12.50 crores, towards the margin money. An amount of Rs.3 crores was also taken as an advance on 18.04.2017 by the Corporate Debtor from the Appellant. On 18.01.2018, the Corporate Debtor informed the Appellant that Rs.18.10 crores had been paid in lieu of the lien
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This case involves an appeal against an order dated 08.01.2024 passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench, Court II in IA No.2777 of 2022. The NCLT allowed the application filed by the Liquidator and directed the Appellant, Arkay Logistics Limited, to return an amount of Rs.18,10,00,000/- to the Corporate Debtor, EPC Constructions (India) Ltd. The appeal challenges the jurisdiction of the NCLT to entertain the application for recovery of debt.
EPC Construction (India) Ltd. (Corporate Debtor) was awarded a contract by GSPL India Gasnet Ltd. (GIGL) on 18.01.2017, requiring a Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) of Rs.21,17,30,000/-. The Corporate Debtor requested Arkay Logistics Limited (Appellant) to arrange the PBG from their existing line of credit with Axis Bank. Axis Bank provided the PBG by marking a lien on the Appellant's fixed deposits (FDs). The Corporate Debtor paid Rs.6.60 crores in two tranches on 01.03.2017 and 02.03.2017, and later Rs.12.50 crores, towards the margin money. An amount of Rs.3 crores was also taken as an advance on 18.04.2017 by the Corporate Debtor from the Appellant. On 18.01.2018, the Corporate Debtor informed the Appellant that Rs.18.10 crores had been paid in lieu of the lien
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