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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has appointed a two-member committee to assess the progress of construction of projects of Suraksha Group-controlled Jaypee Infratech and submit a comprehensive status report before it. The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) was initiated on August 9, 2017. On March 7, 2023, Suraksha Group's bid was approved by the insolvency tribunal. However, buyers are now complaining of inordinate delays in completion of the project. A two-member Delhi-based principal bench of the NCLT has also taken note of the "anguish of homebuyers" and directed the committee to look into their grievances. The NCLT direction came over the application and affidavits filed by the flatbuyers of Jaypee Infratech. "Without prejudice to the contentions raised in this application and various reports, replies affidavit filed which in order to enable anguish of homebuyers' before us, in the interregnum, we are inclined to appoint
In a relief to Culver Max Entertainment (formerly known as Sony Pictures Network India), appellate Tribunal NCLAT has set aside an NCLT order rejecting the insolvency plea filed by the broadcaster against an Odisha-based fintech firm. The NCLAT has remanded the matter back to the Cuttack bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to hear it afresh. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) observed that NCLT should at least give an opportunity to Culver Max to rectify the defect in the application, and said the opportunity was not given in the present case. Hence, the NCLT order, which was passed on April 30, 2024, suffers from illegality and needs to be set aside, said a two-member NCLAT bench comprising Justice Yogesh Khanna (Member, Judicial) and Ajai Das Mehrotra (Member, Technical). "In the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the appeal, we set aside the impugned order and remand the matter to the NCLT to provide an opportunity to th
Appellate tribunal NCLAT has rejected Equitas Small Finance Bank's appeal to initiate insolvency proceedings against Jumbo Finvest, upholding a National Company Law Tribunal order in the matter. Earlier, the Jaipur Bench of NCLT had rejected an insolvency plea against Jumbo Finvest, observing that it is a Financial Service Provider within the meaning of 3(17) of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and is not a corporate person against whom a Section 7 application can be initiated. This was challenged by Equitas Small Finance Bank before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, contending that Jumbo Finvest was registered as a financial service provider by the RBI. The banking sector regulator on January 16, 2020, barred it from increasing the size of its balance sheet and was prohibited from accessing public funds in any form until further notice, as well as lending. It was submitted that in view of the order of the RBI, Jumbo Finvest actually is not in the business of a ...