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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved 78 resolution plans involving a total amount of Rs 5,517.66 crore in the three months ended June. It also marked the "highest-ever first quarter performance in terms of approval of resolution plans since the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)," the tribunal said in a report. The IBC provides for time-bound and market-linked resolution of stressed assets and the final resolution is approved by the tribunal. In the June quarter, the tribunal cleared 78 resolution plans that involved a total amount of Rs 5,517.66 crore, the report said. Till June 30 this year, the tribunal has given its nod for 1,628 resolution plans, involving an aggregate approved value of over Rs 4.78 lakh crore. "As on June 30, 2026, 349 applications seeking approval of resolution plans continued to remain pending before different benches of the NCLT, while 38 matters had already been heard and reserved for orders," the report on its websi
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said the petition by an NCLT technical member challenging the appointment of Bachu Venkat Balaram Das as acting president was infructuous in view of the Centre appointing a former high court judge to the post of the tribunal's president. A bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and O P Shukla noted that the Centre has cleared the appointment of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as the president of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). "With that, this writ petition which deals with the post of acting president of NCLT has been rendered infructuous," the bench said, as it closed the proceedings on the petition by Kaushalendra Kumar Singh. On April 29, the Centre notified the appointment of Justice Grewal as NCLT president for five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge or till attaining the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier. In the high court, Singh contended that the law mandates th