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Jaypee Group's flagship firm Jaiprakash Associates has defaulted on loans of Rs 4,059 crore, comprising both the principal and interest amount. In a regulatory filing, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) said the company on December 31 defaulted on repayments of principal amount Rs 1,713 crore and interest of Rs 2,346 crore. The loans pertained to various banks and the nature of obligation is fund based working capital, non fund based working capital, term loans and FCCB (foreign currency convertible bonds). In September 2018, ICICI Bank filed an insolvency petition against JAL but the matter is still pending before the Allahabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The country's biggest lender SBI had in September this year moved the NCLT against JAL, claiming a total default of Rs 6,893.15 crore as on September 15, 2022. Last month, JAL and its group firms announced the sale of its remaining cement assets to Dalmia Bharat Ltd at an enterprise value of Rs 5,666 crore an
Religare Enterprises on Tuesday said its debt-ridden subsidiary Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) has defaulted on an interest payment due on March 28 for the non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The company defaulted on an interest amount of Rs 2.41 crore, Religare Enterprises said in a regulatory filing. As a result, four investors would be deprived of their interest due. It is to be noted that the RBI on March 11 declined the restructuring of RFL with Religare Enterprises continuing as its promoter since debt-ridden NBFC has been declared as "Fraud" exposure by lenders. RFL subsequently filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court seeking a stay of operation of the aforesaid order besides other reliefs, it said. The Delhi High Court had stayed the impugned communication of the RBI dated February 11, 2022. As advised by RFL lenders, it said, all payments of RFL need prior certification from ASM (Agencies for Specialized Monitoring) appointed by the lenders. "Accordingly, RFL reques