The SC, in Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority v. Prabhjit Singh Soni and Anr.,[1] held that the claim of a creditor cannot be rejected merely on the ground that the claim was submitted in a different form. The SC held that the form in which a claim is to be submitted under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process Regulations, 2016 (‘CIRP Regulations’) is directory and not mandatory. The SC held that what is important is that the claim is supported by proof and even if a claim submitted by a creditor is in a form not as specified in the CIRP Regulations, the same has to be given due consideration by the Interim Resolution Professional or the Resolution Professional, if it is otherwise verifiable, either from the proof submitted by the creditor or from the records maintained by the Corporate Debtor.
[1] Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority v. Prabhjit Singh Soni and Anr., 2024 SCC OnLine SC 122.