LOAN AGREEMENT: LOAN BY A DIRECTOR, PARTNER OR RELATIVE TO THE BUSINESS
This Agreement is made at Chandigarh on 3 April 2026.
BETWEEN
Jaspal Singh Sandhu, of House No. 9, Sector 21-A, Chandigarh 160022, PAN AKJPI4432R, who is a director of the company (the "Lender");
AND
Sandhu Handicrafts Private Limited, a company, of SCO 14, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017, acting through Harleen Sandhu, Director (the "Business").
- 1. THE LOAN
1.1 The Lender has lent and the Business has received ₹15,00,000 (Rupees Fifteen Lakh only) (the "Loan") on 1 April 2026 for working capital for the business. The Loan was advanced by bank transfer as follows, and the Business acknowledges receipt: Transfer from the lender's HDFC Bank account no. XXXX4321 to the business's PNB account, reference UTR 123456789012.
1.2 The Lender declares that the Loan is made from the Lender's own funds, which are taxed or lawfully held, through banking channels, and that it is not money borrowed from, or received as a deposit or loan from, any other person.
1.3 The Loan is unsecured. It is a loan and not a contribution to the Business's capital, and gives the Lender no share in its profits, ownership or management beyond the interest and repayment in this Agreement.
- 2. INTEREST
2.1 Interest is charged on the Loan at 9 per cent a year from 1 April 2026 until repayment (nil meaning no interest is charged). The Business shall pay the interest every year, at the end of the financial year. Where the law requires the Business to deduct tax at source from interest it pays the Lender, it shall deduct it and give the Lender the certificate for it.
2.2 The Parties confirm that the interest rate is fair for a loan of this kind and is not meant to move profit between them or to avoid tax. Interest is paid and received by banking channels.
- 3. REPAYMENT
3.1 The Business shall repay the Loan in one payment of the whole amount on the date stated below, with interest (the fixed date being 2 April 2026), together with all interest due. The Business may repay early without penalty. All payments are made by bank transfer to the Lender's account.
3.2 If the Business does not pay any amount when due and does not put it right within thirty days of written notice, the whole Loan and interest become due at once, and interest continues to run on the unpaid amount at the same rate until payment.
- 4. COMPANY AND LEGAL POINTS
4.1 Where the Business is a company: its Board has approved this Loan by resolution, with the Lender, if a director, having disclosed his or her interest and not voting; the Loan is accepted in compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules on deposits, including any written declaration from the Lender that the law requires and any return the Company must file; and the Company shall record the Loan as a loan in its books and in its financial statements.