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22. The provisions of RDB Act provide for a complete scheme to try a counterclaim/set-off filed by the borrower along with a written statement to an OA filed by the bank as a cross-suit. This was stated to be quite evident from a plain reading of Section 19(7) and Section 19(9) of the RDB Act. The overall scheme of Sections 17, 18 and 19 of the RDB Act was contended to form a bar for the purposes of Section 9 of the Code.

Mahalaxmi Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. v. AshabhaiAtmaram Patel, (2013) 4 SCC 404 (Paras 45-46); Chitivasala Jute Mills v. Jaypee Rewa Cement, (2004) 3 SCC 85 (Para 12); and KK Velusamy v. N. Palanisamy, (2011) 11 SCC 275, (Para 12).