Where vendor payments get stuck
- GRN not raised. Goods received, portal not updated; the payment clock never starts on their side. On yours it did: the Act counts from acceptance, not from the GRN.
- Debit notes. Rejections and short-shipment deductions applied without agreement.
- Portal invoices “under query”. Rejected for formatting while the dues age.
- Payment runs. Monthly cycles that push a 45-day invoice to 75 days.
Recovering B2B dues in Nagpur: what is specific here
Nagpur’s position at the centre of India makes it a logistics and distribution hub in Butibori and MIHAN, and a supplier base for power, mining and steel companies in Vidarbha. Transport operators and distributors here carry freight and stock dues from large companies; MSME units supplying PSUs can use Samadhaan, and the Nagpur Bench handles larger disputes.
Main industries: logistics and warehousing, agri-trading and oranges, steel and power equipment, mining supply and pharma distribution.
Courts: Judicial Magistrate First Class courts, Nagpur, for Section 138; District Court, Nagpur, and its Commercial Court for recovery suits; the Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench for high-value matters.
MSME claims: Udyam-registered micro and small suppliers in Nagpur file on MSME Samadhaan, heard by the Maharashtra Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (regional councils for Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati regions) (Directorate of Industries, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, and regional Joint Director of Industries offices). The Council sits where the supplier is, so a Nagpur supplier can pursue a buyer in another state from home.
How we collect from large buyers
- We reconcile your ledger against POs, GRNs and portal records so the claim is exact.
- Your advocate sends a notice to the buyer’s registered office, CFO and company secretary within 24 hours, citing Sections 15 and 16 of the MSMED Act, Section 43B(h) and the MSME-1 disclosure.
- Most buyers clear the invoice at this stage; disputes on debit notes are negotiated in writing.
- If not, MSME Samadhaan before the Maharashtra Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (regional councils for Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati regions), where PSUs and listed companies appear like anyone else.