MUMBAI: The National Company Law Tribunal on Thursday allowed Reliance Communications (RCom) to exclude the 357 days spent in litigation and admitted it for insolvency.
With this, RCom, which owes over Rs 50,000 crore to banks, has become the first Anil Ambani team corporate to be formally declared bankrupt after the NCLT on Thursday outmoded its board and appointed a new solution professional to run it and in addition allow the SBI-led consortium of 31 banks to shape a committee of collectors.
At the final hearing, RCom, through the existing solution professional, had sought 357 days (from May 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019) exclusion in the insolvency process bringing up the remains it had at the process via the appellate tribunal and the Supreme Court.
The RP sought the exclusion from May 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019 as the initial insolvency lawsuits was once stayed via the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and later via the apex courtroom.
A bench comprising VP Singh and R Duraisamy mentioned the topic should proceed in a way of legislation and in view of the information, the tribunal grants the exclusion of time for Reliance Infratel and Reliance Telecom along side RCom.
RCom was once in bother for years forcing it to discontinue operations two years in the past. Its effort to stave off chapter via promoting spectrum to Reliance Jio were given scuttled after legal and govt delays for approvals. But it could now not meet any of the various publicly made guarantees to pay back the lenders via monetising actual property and spectrum belongings.
Last month corporate chairman Anil Ambani controlled to avoid a contempt of the Supreme Court and a possible jail time period after a last-minute bailout via elder brother Mukesh who extended him over Rs 480 crore to pay back seller Ericsson, which was once the first operational creditor to pull it to NCLT.
Ericsson took the company to NCLT in September 2017 for non-payment of over Rs 1,500 crore dues. Finally, they agreed for a Rs 550 crore agreement.
Earlier, China Development Bank from which RCom had borrowed over $1 billion, had dragged it to NCLT which was once settled after giving a portion of its headquarters DAKC in the nearby Navi Mumbai.
On May three, SBI held a gathering to shortlist an RP after issuing a request for proposal in April for a new RP. RCom's committee of collectors must approve a new RP with a 66 consistent with cent vote after the NCLT starts the insolvency process.
The Mumbai bench on May 7, additionally had directed the prevailing RP to file a progress file via May 30 when it will hear the topic.
With this, RCom, which owes over Rs 50,000 crore to banks, has become the first Anil Ambani team corporate to be formally declared bankrupt after the NCLT on Thursday outmoded its board and appointed a new solution professional to run it and in addition allow the SBI-led consortium of 31 banks to shape a committee of collectors.
At the final hearing, RCom, through the existing solution professional, had sought 357 days (from May 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019) exclusion in the insolvency process bringing up the remains it had at the process via the appellate tribunal and the Supreme Court.
The RP sought the exclusion from May 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019 as the initial insolvency lawsuits was once stayed via the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and later via the apex courtroom.
A bench comprising VP Singh and R Duraisamy mentioned the topic should proceed in a way of legislation and in view of the information, the tribunal grants the exclusion of time for Reliance Infratel and Reliance Telecom along side RCom.
RCom was once in bother for years forcing it to discontinue operations two years in the past. Its effort to stave off chapter via promoting spectrum to Reliance Jio were given scuttled after legal and govt delays for approvals. But it could now not meet any of the various publicly made guarantees to pay back the lenders via monetising actual property and spectrum belongings.
Last month corporate chairman Anil Ambani controlled to avoid a contempt of the Supreme Court and a possible jail time period after a last-minute bailout via elder brother Mukesh who extended him over Rs 480 crore to pay back seller Ericsson, which was once the first operational creditor to pull it to NCLT.
Ericsson took the company to NCLT in September 2017 for non-payment of over Rs 1,500 crore dues. Finally, they agreed for a Rs 550 crore agreement.
Earlier, China Development Bank from which RCom had borrowed over $1 billion, had dragged it to NCLT which was once settled after giving a portion of its headquarters DAKC in the nearby Navi Mumbai.
On May three, SBI held a gathering to shortlist an RP after issuing a request for proposal in April for a new RP. RCom's committee of collectors must approve a new RP with a 66 consistent with cent vote after the NCLT starts the insolvency process.
The Mumbai bench on May 7, additionally had directed the prevailing RP to file a progress file via May 30 when it will hear the topic.
Anil Ambani-led RCom's bankruptcy process begins
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