Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal - the founders of IndiGo - will possibly face each other with deep mistrust, which the board chairman, M Damodaran, will attempt to defuse
The first of a two-part series throws light on the developments that led to the bitter public spat between the two promoters of India's largest airline
The board will also take a decision on whether to call for an external audit of Gangwal's personal expenses
Rahul Bhatia claims he has played more significant role and undertaken financial risks
A dispute between the founders of one of Asia's biggest budget carriers is deepening
Many theories are doing the rounds about the sudden leadership change at India's largest airline
The DoT will create a separate category of such licences
D-Mart has surged 6% to Rs 1,517, while IndiGo rallied 5% to Rs 1,249 on the BSE in intra-day trade.
Gangwal had recently approached Sebi, raising concerns linked to lapses in corporate governance at IndiGo, blaming co-promoter Bhatia for the same
IndiGo confirmed the incident, which is now being investigated by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo), Jet Airways and SpiceJet were trading in the range of 3% to 5%, as compared to a marginal 0.1% decline in the S&P BSE Sensex at 09:50 AM.
During the past week, the airline's stock has rallied 23 per cent as against a per cent rise in the benchmark index.
This is the time for IndiGo to be rewarding shareholders by consolidating its leadership position and filling the gap left by Jet
The market regulator has asked the company to give response to the allegations by July 19
Rahul Bhatia's group Wednesday said that all related party transactions with the company have been executed at arms length basis in ordinary course of business
The stock dipped 11% to Rs 891, also its 52-week low on the BSE after the company reported a 96% year on year (yoy) decline in net profit at Rs 278 million in June 2018 quarter.
The stock hit 52-week low of Rs 1,002, falling 11% in past two weeks from Rs 1,122 on July 17, as compared to 1.1% rise in the Sensex.
Ability of market to absorb increase will weigh on stock
SpiceJet (down 9% at Rs 120) and Jet Airways (down 6% at Rs 556) were down more than 5% as compared to 0.16% decline in the S&P BSE Sensex at 09:55 am.
The weakness in the stock, analysts say, is a knee-jerk reaction to the news of its president, Aditya Ghosh, unexpectedly quitting on Friday. Going ahead, oil prices, Q4FY18 results will dictate trend