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NCLAT reserves verdict on Vedanta challenge to Adani JAL resolution plan

NCLAT has reserved judgment on Vedanta's appeals challenging Adani Enterprises' resolution plan for JAL, after hearing arguments from lenders and other stakeholders

NCLAT reserves order on Vedanta's pleas of Adani's bid for JAL

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday reserved its order on Vedanta's two petitions against the selection of Adani Enterprises' bid to acquire debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) through an insolvency process. A two-member NCLAT bench comprising Chairperson Ashok Bhushan and Member Technical Barun Mitra concluded its hearing following arguments from Vedanta and respondents, including the Resolution Professional, Committee of Creditors (CoC) and Adani Enterprises. It asked both parties to submit written submissions within the next two days. Vedanta's counsel questioned the evaluation metrics adopted by JAL lenders, who selected the bid from Adani Enterprises offering Rs 14,535 crore and rejected Vedanta's higher bid of Rs 17,926 crore. On March 24, NCLAT declined any interim stay over the Vedanta Group's plea against the order passed by the NCLT on March 17, approving Adani Group's bid. However, it had said that the plan would be subject to the .

Vedanta was never formally declared as highest bidder for JAL: RP to NCLAT

Resolution professional counters Vedanta's claims in appellate tribunal, says email cited by firm did not amount to formal declaration of highest bid

Vedanta was never declared highest bidder for JAL: RP tells NCLAT

The resolution professional of debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) told the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that there has been no formal declaration identifying Vedanta as the highest bidder in the insolvency process, according to court submissions. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Resolution Professional (RP) said an e-mail dated September 5 circulated to all bidders only conveyed the highest financial value discovered during the challenge process, and did not constitute an official declaration of a successful bidder. He alleged that Vedanta's claim of being the highest bidder amounted to "suppression of material facts," arguing that its petition lacked a legal and factual basis. Singhvi further told the tribunal that the case presented by the mining group was "completely without foundational facts." "It is a perfectly simple, valid e-mail pointing out what will happen in future. When you do this, then we will evaluate. It's very ...

NCLAT adjourns hearing on Vedanta plea against selection of Adani's JAL bid

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday adjourned its hearing over mining giant Vedanta Group's petitions against the selection of Adani Enterprises' bid for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL). The insolvency appellate tribunal adjourned the hearing on account of a change in the composition of the bench, which was hearing the two appeals filed by Vedanta Ltd. The change has been made due to the unavailability of a member of the bench. NCLAT will decide the date for the next hearing shortly. Vedanta has filed two petitions, challenging the March 17 order by the Allahabad bench of NCLT, which approved Adani Enterprises Ltd's Rs 14,535-crore bid to acquire JAL through the insolvency process. On March 24, NCLAT declined any interim stay on the order passed by the NCLT approving the Adani Group's bid for acquiring JAL. However, it said the plan would be subject to the outcome of the appeals filed by the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group. This interim order

NCLAT backs project-specific insolvency proceedings against realty firms

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has reaffirmed that insolvency proceedings initiated by homebuyers against realty firms must remain confined to the specific project where default has occurred and cannot extend to other projects of the corporate debtor. The appellate tribunal highlighted that putting all other projects of the realty firms, which are unrelated to the default, is not in the interest of homebuyers and other stakeholders of other projects. "The law is well settled that when financial creditors, homebuyers who belong to one project and who file a Section 7 application on account of default committed by the corporate debtor with respect to the project, the CIRP has to confine to the said projects," said the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). A two-member NCLAT bench, while deciding an appeal by Navin M Raheja, said jeopardising unrelated projects would not serve the interests of homebuyers and stakeholders elsewhere, making clear that the corporat

Vedanta flags lower Adani bid for JAL, alleges opaque CoC process at NCLAT

Vedanta challenges Adani Group's JAL resolution plan in NCLAT, alleging lower bid value than liquidation and lack of transparency in creditor decision-making

Supreme Court declines to halt Adani's ₹14,543 crore JAL resolution plan

Vedanta alleged its higher bid was overlooked, questioned the lenders' decision to back Adani's proposal

CoC must list reasons for approving resolution plan in new IBC Bill: FM

The amended IBC Bill requires the Committee of Creditors to record reasons for selecting resolution applicants, while introducing timelines for NCLAT and faster approval of plans

Vedanta moves SC against Adani's JAL resolution plan after NCLAT refusal

Vedanta challenges Adani Enterprises' Rs 14,543 crore JAL resolution plan in Supreme Court after NCLAT declines to stay implementation amid dispute over bidding process

Proposed IBC Bill: Govt accepts all suggestions of select committee

Government adopts select committee proposals including NCLAT timelines and cross-border insolvency reforms as part of a broader overhaul of the Code

NCLAT rejects BSE pleas on demat account freezing during insolvency

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed the appeals filed by BSE, where the leading bourse challenged the power of the NCLT to defreeze the Demat accounts of businesses undergoing insolvency resolution and liquidation process. A two-member NCLAT bench said the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has the jurisdiction under section 60 (5) of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to entertain applications for defreezing of the Demat accounts during insolvency and pass a direction also. "...the impugned orders have been passed in valid exercise of such jurisdiction," the NCLAT said while setting aside the two petitions filed by BSE. BSE had contended that the NCLT does not have any jurisdiction under Section 60 (5) of the IBC Code to adjudicate on the issues, which are within the Securities Law Framework and Sebi Circulars. The issues pertain to two companies - Future Corporate Resources and Liz Traders and Agents - where their Demat accounts were frozen by

NCLAT allows Adani JAL plan to proceed, denies relief to Vedanta

NCLAT allowed Adani Enterprises' JAL resolution plan to proceed while refusing interim relief to Vedanta, with execution subject to final outcome of the appeal

Committee of Creditors not beyond judicial oversight, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said CoC's commercial decisions are not immune from scrutiny where illegality or jurisdictional lapses are established

NCLAT declines Vedanta's plea to stay Adani Group's bid to acquire JAL

The NCLAT agreed to hear the matter and sought responses from the Committee of Creditors (CoC) within a week

NCLT allows withdrawal of insolvency process against ATS Knightsbridge

ATS eyes delivery of project in 18 to 24 months, reset in core NCR luxury market

NCLAT grants exemption to 50 IL&FS's red, amber firms from CSR obligations

Insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT has exempted IL&FS Group companies -- categorised as 'red' and 'amber' -- from corporate social responsibility (CSR) on account of interest expenses accrued on their loan amount. The order will benefit around 50 'amber' and 'red' companies of the debt-ridden IL&FS Group, which are protected under the moratorium granted by the NCLAT from its order dated October 15, 2018. These 'red' and 'amber' entities have not been accruing interest on their outstanding debts, resulting in such companies showing notional profits in their books of accounts under Section 198 of the Companies Act. Such notional profits have led to such companies liable to comply with CSR obligations under Section 135 of the Act. IL&FS Group moved an application last year before NCLAT to correct this, seeking exemption for entities from compliance with CSR obligations. A notice was issued to the government on the application by IL&FS. A two-member bench, which also ...

Govt moves NCLAT against NCLT nod to Ashdan's ₹900 crore Rolta plan

The government has moved the appellate tribunal NCLAT, against the order passed by the NCLT, in which it approved a Rs 900 crore resolution plan by Ashdan Properties for the debt-ridden Rolta India. Challenging the approved resolution plan, the centre said only Rs 10 lakh of a token amount has been allocated for the government and the statutory authorities, whereas the Corporate Debtor (Rolta) owed a total sum of Rs 5,949.95 crore. Against admitted government/statutory claims of Rs 179.19 crore, this allocation constitutes an illusory recovery of only 0.06 per cent, said the petition filed by Union of India through Department of Telecommunications (DoT), according to the petition filed by Shashank Bajpai, Central Government standing Counsel. A claim of Rs 469.09 crore has been made by DoT against Rolta India, on account of the unpaid license fee for FY 2005-06 and 2006-07. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on December 15, 2025, approved a Rs 900 crore ...

NCLAT upholds personal insolvency against Dhoot brothers in Videocon case

The appellate tribunal NCLAT has dismissed petitions filed by two Dhoot brothers - Rajkumar Nandlal Dhoot and Pradeep Nandlal Dhoot, challenging the initiation of personal insolvency against them over a default committed by debt-ridden Videocon Industries. Personal Insolvency against the Dhoot brothers was initiated after SBI had issued a demand notice of Rs 5,353.78 crore over defaults by Videocon Industries, the principal borrower, for which they were the personal guarantors. A two-member bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the two orders passed by the Mumbai bench of NCLT in June last year, in which it had directed the initiation of insolvency against the duo, brothers of Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot. The appellate tribunal also rejected their plea that petitions filed by leading public sector SBI, on which the National Company Law Tribunal has directed to initiate insolvency proceedings in their personal capacity, were barred under ...

Will comply with NCLAT order on data sharing: WhatsApp to Supreme Court

Global tech giants Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that they will comply with the NCLAT's directions for extending the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) privacy and consent guidelines to advertising-related data. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing appeals filed by the tech giants against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) directions of December last year. The court is also seized of a cross-appeal filed by the CCI, assailing the NCLAT ruling to the extent that it allowed WhatsApp and Meta to continue sharing users' data for advertising purposes. "These applications essentially seek a direction for a stay of the impugned judgment of the NCLAT to the extent it approves the direction issued by the CCI directing Meta to comply with the impugned directions contained in the NCLAT order dated December 15, 2025, containing certain directions issued to Meta," the CJI ...