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NCLAT directs IL&FS to complete resolution of remaining firms by March 31

The Insolvency appellate tribunal has directed the debt-ridden IL&FS group to complete the resolution of the remaining 58 firms by March 31, 2025 and has extended the moratorium until the date. A two-member bench observed that the resolution process for the remaining 58 entities is at an advanced stage and "considerable progress has been made by IL&FS (Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services), which is pairing debts through asset resolution and other mechanisms. "We, thus, for the time being, are of the view that a direction needs to be issued to IL&FS and a new board to complete the resolution process of 58 entities as captured in paragraph 24 of the affidavit by March 31, 2025," said NCLAT in an order passed on Tuesday. NCLAT also directed IL&FS to take "appropriate steps" before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to close the process. Earlier, on August 28, 2024, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) questioned the continuation of the ...

IL&FS group discharges debt of Rs 38,082 cr to creditors as of Sep-end

"As on September 30, 2024, the total debt discharged to creditors of the Respondent No 1 (IL&FS) Group aggregates to Rs 38,082 crore," the status report said

NCLAT gives go-ahead to IECCL resolution, delinks with other IL&FS cos

The NCLAT on Thursday gave a go-ahead to the insolvency resolution of IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Limited (IECCL) and delinked it with the other listed loss-making companies of debt-ridden IL&FS. However, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) also clarified that ICICI-led consortium, which is opposing the IECCL resolution, would have the liberty to press for its "objection on the extinguishment of its entire debt, or mere payment of 42.25 per cent shareholding of IECCL in the ongoing resolution process." IL&FS, which owns 42.25 per cent of IECCL, is selling a stake in the company and has invited bids under the Swiss Challenge method. It has received a binding bid from a prospective buyer and voting by lenders is expected to be completed by September 30, 2024. The consortium led by ICICI has opposed the proposal before the NCLAT, where IL&FS has filed an application seeking its permission to sell its stake with a "haircut" and without ...

IFIN reports loss of Rs 5,654 cr for FY14-18, shows revised balance sheet

IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN), a group company of debt-ridden IL&FS Ltd, has incurred a cumulative loss of Rs 5,654 crore for the five-consecutive fiscals -- from FY14 to FY18, according to the revised balance sheet of the firm undergoing resolution process. However, as per the original balance sheet, the company had earned a total profit of Rs 1,015 crore during the five-year period. Following the recast, the company is exploring the option of seeking a refund of income tax paid from the Income Tax for these years. In June this year, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) asked the newly-appointed board of the IL&FS group to file a revised balance sheet, along with its two other subsidiaries. Moreover, its total income also went down to Rs 7,777 crore on an aggregate basis during those five years against Rs 10,297 crore reported earlier, revealed the updated financial results. The company's new board has completed the reopening and recasting of financials and the ...

Revised financial statements of two IL&FS group firms submitted before NCLT

Revised financial statements of two IL&FS group firms, IL&FS Transportation and IL&FS Financial Services, for the financial years 2013 to 2018 have been submitted before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). A two-member bench of NCLT Mumbai comprising Prabhat Kumar and Justice Virendra Singh Bisht has taken the submissions of revised financial statements on record. Earlier on January 1, 2019, the NCLT passed an order permitting reopening and recasting of the financial accounts of three IL&FS group companies - IL&FS Transportation, IL&FS Financial Services and IL&FS Engineering. The order was passed over an application moved by the central government, which had suspended the board of the debt-ridden Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) and appointed six-member panel. Following the order, a revised account was submitted to NCLT on June 26 and an order was uploaded for the same on Monday. "In terms of the order dated 01.01.2019 in the

IL&FS MF pays Rs 600 crore to debt infra investors; makes timely redemption

IL&FS Mutual Fund on Wednesday said it has paid a little over Rs 600 crore to investors in its infrastructure debt fund. The debt scheme -- IL&FS Infrastructure Debt Fund Series 1C-- was redeemed on due date on April 30, making it a timely redemption, according to a statement issued by IL&FS Group. The scheme redeemed Rs 606 crore against the original invested capital of Rs 275 crore delivering a return of 8 per cent per annum to the investors since inception. IL&FS Mutual Fund (IDF), which is amongst the largest infra debt funds in the mutual fund format, had successfully redeemed schemes on time in January 2023. Total funds returned to the investors of the mutual fund over the past five years are Rs 1,580 crore. IL&FS Infrastructure Debt Fund is managed by IL&FS Infra Asset Management Ltd. The target investors for the fund are banks, pension funds, insurance companies, foreign investors, sovereign wealth funds and bilateral or multilateral associations. In ...

IL&FS to monetise its entire stake in DND flyover connecting Delhi to Noida

IL&FS has decided to sell its entire 26 per cent equity stake in Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd (NTBCL), which owns and maintains DND flyover connecting Delhi to Noida. IL&FS has decided to monetise this marquee DND flyover, which was built in 2001, as one of the first roads to provide seamless connectivity from Delhi to Noida. IL&FS has around 26 per cent stake in NTBCL, while the Uttar Pradesh government has 5 per cent stake. The remaining shares in the listed company are with the public. The Board has decided to call for a public process to divest its share in the road project and would soon be inviting bids under this initiative, sources said. IL&FS spokesperson confirmed the decision saying "monetisation of road assets is in accordance with the approved resolution framework." The proceeds of the sale would be used for reduction of debt of IL&FS, sources said. So far, IL&FS has resolved an aggregate debt of Rs 57,000 crore and discharged an aggregate debt of

IL&FS seeks nod to sell insolvent companies without shareholders' approval

IL&FS group has approached the NCLAT to seek permission to sell its stake with a "haircut" and without shareholders' approval in its companies, which are insolvent with unsustainable debts and placed under the Category II list of resolution framework. The government sought time to file a reply from the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in the last hearing earlier this week over IL&FS' interim application to sell a stake in group entities falling under Category II, whose highest bid amount was lesser than their debts. In this process, "lenders, as well as shareholders, would anyway have to take a haircut for their respective debt/ and equities," IL&FS said, adding that it would also ensure the revival of such entity, balancing the interests of stakeholders. The resolution of such companies is in line with the process followed under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, where the requirement of seeking consent from shareholders is dispensed with, IL&FS has .

NCLAT directs 11 PSBs to not take action against IL&FS till next hearing

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed 11 public sector lenders not to take coercive action against IL&FS and its group companies till its next hearing on May 14. A two-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan also issued notices to the banks, along with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), directing them to file a reply. "In view of the order dated October 15, 2018, the Respondents (banks) shall not proceed to take any coercive action against the Applicant (IL&FS and group companies) till the next date," said the NCLAT. On October 15, 2018, the NCLAT stayed all proceedings against IL&FS and other group companies till its further order. It had also restrained creditors of IL&FS from filing suits, in the case of non-repayment of loans. The NCLAT direction came on Tuesday over an urgent plea moved by the newly appointed board of debt-ridden IL&FS, seeking direction to the banks restraining them from initiating or pursuing ..

IL&FS moves NCLAT, seeks protection for group cos from wilful defaulter tag

The newly appointed board of debt-ridden IL&FS has moved an urgent application before the appellate tribunal NCLAT to restrain 11 public sector lenders from initiating proceedings to declare its group companies as "wilful defaulters". In its petition, IL&FS said it is aggrieved by the "blatant violation and disregard" of previous NCLAT orders by the banks. IL&FS also charged banks of taking procedural action under the garb of the RBI guidelines, and harassing the Directors of the IL&FS companies". The banks are "issuing show cause notices, calling for a personal hearing before the Wilful Defaulter Identification Committee, threatening initiation of criminal proceedings, including initiating proceedings as well as and for declaring IL&FS companies and their current Directors as Wilful Defaulters, as well as getting issued Look Out Circulars," it submitted. "All such coercive actions/steps are attempts by the Respondent Banks to pressurize the IL&FS companies to .

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RBI approves CS Rajan's appointment as Kotak Mahindra Bank chairman

Rajan, an IAS officer of the 1978 batch, was appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Kotak Mahindra Bank, with effect from October 22, 2022

IL&FS Transportation sells entire equity in Jorabat-Shillong Expressway

IL&FS Transportation Networks on Thursday said it has sold the entire equity stake it held in Jorabat Shillong Expressway Ltd (JSEL) to Sekura Roads for Rs 1,343 crore. JSEL was a wholly-owned subsidiary of IL&FS Transportation Networks. "Further, all the liabilities of JSEL have been adjusted against the EV (enterprise value) of Rs 1,343 crore," IL&FS Transportation Networks said in a regulatory filing. In FY 2017-18, the total revenue of Jorabat Shillong Expressway Limited was Rs 380.03 crore (including other income), which is 3.89 per cent of the consolidated revenue of Rs 9,778.92 crore of the company during that fiscal. IL&FS Transportation Networks said the sale of the entire equity stake by the company in JSEL is not a slump sale. Jorabat Shillong Expressway operates a four-lane highway from Jorabat to Shillong on NH-40. It connects Shillong, Mizoram and Tripura with Guwahati.

IL&FS, Spanish subsidiary booked for funds fraud in Ethiopian road contract

The CBI has registered a fresh FIR against IL&FS Transportation Network Ltd and its step-down subsidiary Spain-based Elsamex SA for allegedly misappropriating credit facilities to the tune of Rs 239 crore by cheating and diverting funds, officials said on Monday. India Exim Bank had sanctioned a credit limit of Euro 35 million to Elsamex which is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based ITNL International Pte Ltd in 2015 for securing and executing overseas contracts. IL&FS Transportation is already facing a CBI probe for causing a loss of over Rs 6,524 crore to a Canara Bank-led consortium. In 2016, a consortium of Elsamex and ITNL won the bid for an Ethiopian project to design, manage and maintain the work of the Nekemte Bure Road upgrading project under an output and performance-based road contract. The project needed disbursal of certain mobilisation advances, which were to be secured by guarantees sanctioned by Exim Bank. So, Euro 32.60 million was allocated under

IL&FS Transportation Networks appoints Danny Samuel as the new CEO

IL&FS Transportation Networks on Friday appointed Danny Samuel as CEO of the company. IL&FS Transportation Networks in a BSE filing said, Samuel was working as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Roadstar Investment Managers Limited. Roadstar Investment Managers Limited has been tasked with overall supervision and management of all the project assets of the Roadstar Infra Investment Trust. Samuel has 20-plus years of professional experience and has worked in the energy, roads and aviation sectors. Prior to taking on the current assignment, he was handling international assignments as CEO (APAC).

CBI registers 2 cases against IL & FS subsidiaries for defrauding banks

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two separate cases against IL & FS subsidiaries and its directors for allegedly duping banks to the tune of Rs 120.03 crore.The FIR accessed by ANI reads that the general manager of Punjab National Bank registered a complaint with CBI alleging that the borrower Company IL & FS Energy Development Company Ltd. (IEDCL) and its Directors, namely, Hari Sankaran, Late Ravi Parthasarathy (since died), Ramesh Chander Bawa, Arun Kumar Saha, Sunil Kumar Wadhwa and Anoop Seth and another unknown private person (s) and unknown public servant(s) entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat Punjab National Bank (e- United Bank of India) and the accused persons misappropriated the sanctioned credit facilities by way of cheating, utilization of loan funds contrary to the sanction terms and conditions, diversion of sale proceeds to related/ sister concern companies, etc. and thereby caused wrongful loss to the tune of Rs 100.03 Cr plus to

IL&FS pays Rs 28.8k cr debt by FY23; debt resolution target at Rs 61K cr

Crisis-hit infrastructure finance firm IL&FS has paid a total debt of Rs 28,848 crore as of March 31, 2023, according to the latest affidavit filed before the insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT earlier this week. The group has resolved debts through monetisation and termination/settlement of payments by its group entities from the concessioning authorities and counter-party to the relevant contract. "As on March 31, 2023, the debt resolved through such monetisation and termination measures aggregates to Rs 17,894 crores," said the status update report filed before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) by the company. Besides, it has discharged Rs 4,958 crore from the cancellation of the non-fund-based limits availed by its group entities and Rs 5,996 crore through interim distribution. By the end of FY23, "total debt discharged to creditors of the Respondent No 1 (IL&FS) Group aggregates to Rs 28,848 crore," the affidavit said. Moreover, the cash balances across

Supreme Court paves way for tribunal to act against IL&FS auditors

The court said the intention of the legislature behind Section 145 is very clear

McLeod-IL&FS out-of-court settlement likely to be completed in two weeks

Bulk tea major McLeod Russel India Ltd and IL&FS are currently engaged in negotiations towards an out-of-court settlement, which is expected to be reached within the next two weeks. The Brij Mohan Khaitan group company is attempting to avoid insolvency through an out-of-court settlement. IL&FS Infra Asset Management is an asset management company which manages IL&FS Infrastructure Debt Fund and IIDF is a financial creditor of McLeod. IIDF applied under a provision of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code against McLeod Russel India Ltd with the National Company Law Tribunal, Kolkata Bench. This application has been admitted by the NCLT. "Our focus remains on reaching a successful out-of-court settlement, and we expect to have an arrangement in place within the next two weeks," a senior company official told PTI. The official, however, refused to disclose the details of the negotiations. In the midst of a corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), McLeod cannot proceed ...

Creditors of IL&FS Financial Services to get Rs 3,200 cr interim payout

IL&FS Financial Services' creditors, including 28 lenders and debenture holders, will get an interim amount of Rs 3,200 crore, making it the largest cash payout since the government superseded its board in October 2018. The IL&FS group would also pay back another Rs 1,900 crore for three of its other firms, making the aggregate payout at Rs 5,100 crore, it said on Monday. In the wake of financial misdoings coming to light, the corporate affairs ministry had superseded the board of IL&FS in October 2018. The group had a debt of more than Rs 95,000 crore among nearly 347 group entities when the crisis came to light in October 2018. Since the resolution began, the group has so far discharged debt worth Rs 27,000 crore. Banks have secured exposure of over Rs 7,500 crore to IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) which will be resolved with a combination of cash payout under the interim distribution plan and allocation of InvIT (Infrastructure Investment Trust) units by way ..