NCLT issues notice to GoMechanic on insolvency plea

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Editor's note: The National Company Law Tribunal on Wednesday issued a notice to GoMechanic over an insolvency plea filed against the company, says a person in the know, requesting anonymity. The development comes after DigiRovers, a Gurugram-based company that provided digital marketing services to GoMechanic, filed a petition last month before the tribunal alleging that the car repair startup defaulted on payments worth Rs 1.25-1.5 crore, says this person.  The Sequoia-backed startup made timely payments to DigiRovers between January and July 2022, but defaulted for a couple of months after that, according to this person. GoMechanic put the delay in payments down to an extended audit and due diligence process. To recover the outstanding amount, DigiRovers issued a notice to GoMechanic in mid-January, but it neither received the payment nor got a clear response.  The hearing is scheduled for 27 March. "We would like to clarify that NCLT has not admitted any case about the insolvency of GoMechanic," says a GoMechanic spokesperson. "All the operational creditors are fully supportive."  In a LinkedIn post last month, GoMechanic’s co-founder Amit Bhasin admitted to errors …