DEBT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Debt Settlement Agreement (this "Agreement") is made at Chandigarh on 3 April 2026.
BETWEEN
Rajinder Kumar Sethi, of House No. 1451, Sector 33-D, Chandigarh 160020, PAN AFRPS2211J (the "Lender", which expression includes the Lender's heirs, legal representatives and permitted assigns);
AND
Vikram Sethi, of House No. 214, Phase 4, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) 160059, PAN AFRPB2212K (the "Borrower", which expression includes the Borrower's heirs and legal representatives).
The Lender and the Borrower are each a "Party" and together the "Parties".
RECITALS
A. The Borrower owes the Lender money under the following loan or arrangement: Loan of Rs 3,00,000 given by the Lender to the Borrower on 4 March 2025 under a Loan Agreement of the same date (the "Original Debt").
B. The Parties agree that the amount now outstanding from the Borrower on the Original Debt, including all interest and charges, is ₹3,60,000 (Rupees Three Lakh Sixty Thousand only) (the "Outstanding Amount").
C. The Borrower cannot pay the Outstanding Amount as first agreed, and the Lender has agreed to accept the Settled Amount, on the payment terms below, in full settlement of the Original Debt.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES AND THE PARTIES AGREE as follows:
- 1. THE SETTLED AMOUNT
1.1 The Lender agrees to accept ₹2,80,000 (Rupees Two Lakh Eighty Thousand only) (the "Settled Amount") in full and final settlement of the Outstanding Amount, on condition that the Settled Amount is paid in the manner and by the dates stated in clause 2.
- 2. HOW THE SETTLED AMOUNT IS PAID
2.1 The Borrower shall pay the whole Settled Amount to the Lender in a single payment on the date stated below.
2.2 The single payment shall be made on 1 April 2026.
2.4 Every payment shall be made by bank transfer (NEFT, RTGS or IMPS), to the account or in the manner the Lender names in writing, and the Lender shall give the Borrower a written receipt for each payment.
2.5 The Parties confirm that they have checked the current income-tax rules on payments of this kind and that the mode of payment chosen complies with them.
- 3. THE REDUCTION IS CONDITIONAL
3.1 The reduction from the Outstanding Amount to the Settled Amount takes effect only when every payment under clause 2 has been made in full and on time, or made good within the period in clause 4.1.
3.2 While the Borrower keeps to clause 2, no further interest or charges accrue on the Outstanding Amount.
3.3 The Borrower confirms that the Outstanding Amount is correctly stated and that no part of the Original Debt is disputed.
- 4. IF THE BORROWER DEFAULTS
4.1 A default occurs if any payment under clause 2 is not made in full within 10 days after it falls due.
4.2 On a default, the Lender may treat the reduction as withdrawn and recover the full Outstanding Amount, after crediting every payment already made under this Agreement.