Piramal Capital and Housing Finance (PCHFL) has filed bankruptcy proceedings against Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Power (RPL) and its subsidiary Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL). The case has been filed under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai, to recover dues.
RNRL had defaulted on a loan of Rs 526.1 crore taken from DHFL. The housing finance company was later taken over by the Ajay Piramal-owned Piramal Capital in September 2021 for Rs 34,250 crore. Soon after the acquisition, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) was merged with PCHFL. PCHFL has initiated recovery