 "N V Ramana, Chief Justice of India-designate, CJI")
Differing views between two departments of the government have turned one of the biggest sales of steel mills under the reformed bankruptcy law into a litigation worth $6.3 billion and delayed the entire process.
“You purchased a litigation that costs 480 billion rupees,” Chief Justice N V Ramana told the lawyer for Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel. The top court gave another week to government’s lawyer to sort out the differences between the Enforcement Directorate and corporate affairs ministry.
Jindal has been waiting for nearly two years to assume full control of Bhushan Power & Steel’s assets. JSW has paid $2.58 billion to
