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NCLT stays insolvency withdrawal order of Sterling SEZ & Infrastructure

The Enforcement Directorate is seeking to declare the promoters as fugitive offenders under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act in a Delhi court

IBC, Insolvency law
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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Subrata Panda Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday stayed its previous order allowing the withdrawal of insolvency plea against Sterling SEZ and Infrastructure at the behest of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), as promoters — Nitin and Chetan Sandesara — are absconding.

The MCA said Section 12A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was not applicable to an absconder. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is seeking to declare the promoters as fugitive offenders under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act in a Delhi court. Senior counsel Sanjay Shorey represented the MCA. The section states an application can be withdrawn by the