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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed the plea of IDBI Bank which sought to initiate insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment. A two-member NCLAT bench upheld the order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which had earlier rejected the private lender's plea to initiate insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL). However, the appellate tribunal granted liberty to IDBI Bank to move a fresh plea for default outside of the period mentioned in section 10A of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. Section 10A mandates that no application for initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) can be filed against any debtor by any financial and operational creditor for any default arising on or after March 25, 2020, for a period of one year. This special provision was inserted in the IBC by the government to help companies after economic activities had resumed post-lockdown
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday issued interim order-cum-show-cause notices against Shirpur Gold Refinery, its erstwhile chairman Amit Goenka, promoter Jayneer Infrapower and Multiventures, and five others for allegedly siphoning off funds from the company and violating other rules. Shirpur is a part of the Subhash Chandra Goenka led-Essel Group and has been taken to NCLT under IBC by its lenders. Amit Goenka was non-executive chairman and director of Shirpur till 2021-22. The interim order has been passed against Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd (SGRL), its promoter Jayneer Infrapower and Multiventures, and six individuals -- Amit Goenka (chairman), its directors Mukund Galgali, Vipin Choudhary, Dineshkumar Kanodia, and its CFOs Shravan Kumar Shah and Ashok Sanghvi. The family members of Subhash Chandra, including his son Amit Goenka, are the shareholders in Jayneer, as per Sebi. In its order, Sebi directed Goenka, Galgali, Choudhary, Kanodia, Shah, Sanghvi and Jayneer not to s