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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside the appeals filed by BCCI and Riju Raveendran seeking withdrawal of insolvency proceedings against Byju's and consider the settlement between the debt-ridden edtech firm and the apex cricket body. They had challenged the order passed by the Bengaluru bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, which had on February 10, 2025 directed to place their settlement offer before the new Committee of Creditors (CoC), in which US-based Glas Trust, the trustee for lenders to which Byju's owes USD 1.2 billion, is a member. A two-member Chennai bench of the NCLAT comprising Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain and Jatindranath Swain upheld the directions passed by the NCLT and said the settlement proposal was filed after the formation of CoC, hence as the provisions of section 12 A of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, it requires the approval of the lender's body. Both BCCI and Riju have contended that since the application under Section .
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Glas would take all necessary actions to hold Byju Raveendran and his associates accountable for the harm caused to lenders and thousands of T&L customers, says spokesperson
Valued at $22 billion in 2022, Byju's has seen its fortunes almost wiped out due to a massive cash crunch, regulatory issues and disputes with investors
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Raveendran has called for an investigation into what he alleged is a "criminal collusion" between accounting firm EY India, GLAS Trust which represents US lenders, and the IRP
Lenders may argue that as the ultimate decision-maker, Raveendran had knowledge of or actively participated in the diversion of funds, potentially justifying a 'corporate veil-piercing' claim
Byju's fraudulently transferred at least part of the money to a small hedge fund based in Miami to keep it out of lenders' hands, US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey also ruled
Raveendran alleges he and employees received proof of criminal collusion involving EY India, GLAS Trust, and the IRP, urging authorities to investigate the evidence
Riju, the younger brother of founder Byju Raveendran, told the appellate tribunal that the settlement with BCCI had been finalised before the committee of creditors (CoC) was formed
Srivastava told the NCLAT that the NCLT, Bengaluru, did not hear him in the absence of his lawyers and that the disciplinary action initiated against him was unfair
Riju, who is the brother of founder Byju Raveendran, has challenged a January 29 order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
Byju's manager Vinay Ravindra and company ally Rajendran Vellapalath failed to answer questions about their roles in stripping software, cash and other assets from Byju's US businesses
Recoveries will need to come from how Indian courts rule on the company's broader insolvency plan and how it aims to repay creditors; it's unclear how much, may be available to those in US
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Byju's US-based lenders had opposed the settlement, claiming that the money used to repay BCCI was tainted as it was part of the $533 million that had allegedly gone "missing"