About 62 former employees of Byju's have come together and sent a notice of filing an insolvency and bankruptcy case against the troubled edtech firm at NCLT if their pending dues are not paid
The Bengaluru-based law tribunal told Byju's to pay the outstanding salaries to its employees irrespective of whether it has access to the funds raised through its rights issue
The edtech firm's US-based lenders have filed a plea to prevent the company from pledging, selling or transferring its shares
The tribunal, meanwhile, has designated July 3 as 'Byju Day' as nearly 10 petitions are expected to be heard that day against the edtech firm
Zee founder had filed writ petition against regulator's summons in fund diversion case
ZEEL had filed the application following the termination of the merger agreement by Culver Max and Bangla Entertainment on January 22, citing a breach of the merger cooperation agreement
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed the NCLT to hear afresh the insolvency plea filed by APL Apollo Tubes against one of its purchasers of goods. A two-member bench came down heavily on the Bengaluru bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for rejecting claims of APL Apollo Tubes on the "hypothetical interpretation". The NCLAT said the tribunal "should refrain from stepping into the shoes of a litigating party by substituting their own finding in the absence of there being any pleading evidence". The appellate tribunal has directed the NCLT to make all efforts to decide proceedings as expeditiously as possible. The NCLAT order came over a petition filed by APL Apollo Tubes against an order of the NCLT, which, on September 9, 2019, dismissed its insolvency plea filed as an operational creditor against Tanisha Scaffolding. Tanisha Scaffolding was engaged in marketing the products manufactured by APL Apollo Tubes. Some amount against supplies wa
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has ordered initiating an insolvency proceeding against Supertech Realtors, which is developing a residential apartment, office, retail and luxury hotel at its Supernova project. A two-member Delhi bench of NCLT admitted the insolvency plea filed by the Bank of Maharashtra over a default of Rs 168.04 crore and appointed Anju Agarwal as interim resolution professional (IRP), suspending the board of Supertech Realtors, a step-down subsidiary of Supertech. Supertech is also facing a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). Supertech Realtors is developing Supernova project at a cost of Rs 2,326.14 crore on a land admeasuring 70,002 square metres at Sector 94, Noida. As per the plans, Supernova project will have 80 floors and will be the tallest building in Delhi-NCR at a height of 300 metres. For the project, Supertech Realtors approached a consortium of lenders led by Union Bank of India seeking a financial assistance of Rs 7,35.58 cro
This means that Byju's is restricted from issuing shares and using funds raised from a $200 million rights issue until the tribunal decides the matter
The lenders of the airline include the Bank of Baroda, the Central Bank of India, and IDBI Bank
The company said that characterising a routine move as 'a setback' is exaggerated and attention-seeking
However, it is still taking 679 days on average to conclude the resolution process, as against the standard timeline of 330 days
Amid several bottlenecks, the Insolvency Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) declared 2023-24 as a landmark year, with the National Company Law Tribunal achieving a significant 43 per cent increase in resolutions, jumping from 189 cases last year to 270 this year. The IBBI is expected to submit a report to the government over the next 2-3 months for including mediation in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which is currently under discussion and scrutiny. The regulator is also working on prepackaged insolvency for large corporate cases, which is only allowed in MSME cases as of now. For the first time in a year, the number of outputs has increased from the number of inputs, reducing the pendency across India, said Sudhaker Shukla, an IBBI whole-time member, while addressing the CII organised 7th Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code conclave. He said that despite bottlenecks in the last seven years, resolution of 3.5 lakh crore was achieved, and 27,000 applications worth Rs 10 lakh cr
Zee's Subhash Chandra had argued that the NCLT cannot rule on an individual's insolvency
The committee also noted that not all scenarios under the IBC are fit for resolution through mediation. For instance, issues such as avoidance transactions are excluded
The current board of Byju's parent Think and Learn mainly consists of Raveendran, his wife and Byju's co-founder Divya Gokulnath, and his brother Riju Ravindran
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday accepted a petition by a Zee Entertainment shareholder seeking the merger of its Indian entity with Sony, which was called off last week despite regulatory approvals. The Mumbai-bench of NCLT issued a notice on a petition moved by Mad Men Film Ventures, a shareholder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL), directing Sony Pictures Network India, now known as Culver Max, to file a reply within three weeks. Mad Men Film Ventures on Tuesday filed the petition requesting both ZEEL and Sony to implement the merger as it was approved by the NCLT in August 2023. The tribunal did not agree to the arguments made by the counsel stating that the approval by NCLT was conditional and depended on various conditions, which may be fulfilled or waived off in writing. NCLT has kept the next date of hearing on this matter on March 12. Last week, the Sony Group Corp called off the merger with ZEEL following a stalemate over who will lead the merged
The lenders said this was done after over 16 months of efforts on behalf of the Ad Hoc Group to restructure the loans
The firm claimed before the NCLT that it is in talks with the BCCI to settle the payment dispute. However, the BCCI reportedly denied and told the tribunal that no negotiations were underway
Although IBC leaves little room for interference, objections by erstwhile promoters or the suspended board of corporate debtor, competing resolution applicants, and dissatisfied creditors are many