144. Interest.

On any debt or certain sum payable at a certain time or otherwise, whereon interest is not reserved or agreed for, and which is overdue at the date of the winding up order, or at the date of passing of the resolution, as the case may be, the creditor may prove for interest at a rate not exceeding the prime lending rate fixed by the Reserve Bank of India upto that date from the time when the debt or sum was payable, if the debt or sum is payable by virtue of a written instrument at a certain time, and if payable otherwise, then from the time when a demand in writing has been made by giving notice that interest will be claimed from the date of demand until the time of payment.