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Battle between DTH company Dish TV and YES Bank likely to escalate

Company plans to challenge bank over bid to sack board members

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YES Bank, which had lent over Rs 4,200 crore to promoter entities, had to invoke some of the pledged shares of the promoters in Dish TV after they defaulted on their loans.

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
The battle between DTH company Dish TV and YES Bank, its largest shareholder, is likely to escalate with the firm looking at challenging the bank over a proposal to sack the board.
 
Sources said there is no basis for sacking the existing board members as demanded by the bank. This is because it was under the aegis of the same board that YES Bank sanctioned loans to the company, even as late as February 2020, based on performance, they added.
 
“The company, despite Covid-19, has performed well, reducing its debt from Rs 1,800 crore to Rs 600 crore