NCLAT agrees to hear pleas of IL&FS auditors against impleadment

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has said it would hear the pleas of auditors of IL&FS -- Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP and B S R Associates LLP -- against an order passed by NCLT to implead them in the ongoing case of oppression and mismanagement of the scam-hit firm.

The case will be heard on August 19.

A two-member bench of the NCLAT has directed the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and others to file their replies in the matter within a week.

"Interim order dated 23rd July, 2019 passed by the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai, in MA Nos. 2581 & 2071 of 2019 in CP 3638/241-242/2018 shall continue till next date," the NCLAT said.

It further added, "However, the interim order will not come in the way of the National Company Law Tribunal and the Union of India to proceed in accordance with law."