Mumbai, 24 DecemberReliance Jio Infocomm's plan to reduce debt by selling stake in its telecom tower arm to Canadian investor fund Brookfield isn't free of the income tax (I-T) department hurdle. The latter plans to petition the Supreme Court against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order of December 20 which cleared Jio's proposed demerger of tower and fibre optic network assets to two infrastructure trusts. The clearance was in spite of I-T objections. The department argued that the proposed conversion of preference shares worth Rs 65,000 crore by Jio - by cancelling and then converting these into loans -- would substantially reduce the profit of the demerged company. And, so, cause huge loss of revenue to the department. In sum, a move to avoid and evade taxes, it contended. Jio denied the charges. An e-mail sent this week by this publication to Reliance for its views on the issue did not elicit a response.In July this year, Brookfield had said it would pay Rs ..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week said the government is working to decriminalise some provisions of the Companies Act to make it easier to do business in the country
The RoC on Monday moved the NCLAT requesting to amend its order and remove the word "illegal" with respect to the conversion of Tata Sons from a public company to private company
Passing an order on December 18, NCLAT had directed for the reinstatement of ousted Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of Tata Sons.
The NCLAT order could also create trading and investment opportunities
Most key Tata stocks have gained since Wednesday's order; weakness remains in smaller stocks
The RP on December 17 had told the tribunal that until now two investors have shown interest in the airline
If Supreme Court strikes down the NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry's position, then life returns to normal at Tata Group.
The NCLAT ruling leaves the Tata group rudderless as it faces a string of urgent decisions.
Mukhopadhyaya's latest ruling restoring Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman came as a rude shock to the salt-to-software behemoth.
The appellate tribunal observed that 'Curiously', the Tata Sons Limited remained silent for more than 13 years and never took any step for conversion
The Appellate Tribunal had reserved its order in July this year, after completing its marathon hearing over the issue
A three-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairperson Justice S J Mukhopadhaya extended the deadline to December 23
The steel major has contended that the resolution plan submitted by it was ex facie a better resolution plan selected by the CoC.
Process tied in legal knots even with the latest set of amendments to IBC
This is the third round of bidding process, which has been initiated on the direction of the apex court.
The appellate tribunal's direction came over a petition filed by the government through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) challenging the NCLT order
SBI filed the appeal with the Supreme Court to set aside the NCLAT order alleging that the appellate tribunal erred in overriding the commercial wisdom of the CoC
Anuj Jain was appointed as an interim resolution professional (IRP) to conduct insolvency process and also manage the affairs of the company.
The appellate tribunal is expected to hear the case on Friday