Essar Steel has a steel making capacity of close to 10 million tonnes that is supported by a 20 million tonne pellet-making capability
The lenders to debt-ridden Essar Steel had approached the apex court on Monday challenging the NCLAT's March 18 and March 20 orders
Last week in a meeting of the committee of creditors, lenders agreed to set aside Rs 1,000 crore more for operational creditors
The challenge for RPs is to determine how to keep the company a 'going concern' without giving in to all the demands from operational creditors
CoC meeting on redistribution of funds, payment to StanChart currently underway, to conclude by Friday
Appellate tribunal refuses to stay implementation of Arcelor's plan
RP to ensure company remains a going concern, to start implementation of plan, says NCLAT
The bench said there is no stay on the Resolution Professional of Essar Steel to disburse the funds among financial and operational creditors of the company
StanChart said it was being offered 1.7 per cent of its total dues from Essar's resolution plan, while other financial creditors, forming part of the CoC, were getting 85 per cent of their dues
Appellate tribunal observations came during Essar promoters' plea against NCLT approval for ArcelorMittal plan
Dissenting financial creditor Standard Chartered also moves NCLAT challenging NCLT's Friday order
Standard Chartered Bank has also approached the appellate tribunal against the order
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved steel giant ArcelorMittal SA's takeover bid for debt-ridden Essar Steel.
However, two-member bench upholds RIL's plea by directing Essar Steel's resolution professional to consider its claims for dues worth Rs 16 crore
Reserving its order on the objections raised by operational creditors, NCLT Ahmedabad has asked all of them to give a written submission by Feb 13
Essar Steel had defaulted on its guarantee for Standard Chartered's loan to its Mauritius-based subsidiary Essar Steel Offshore worth Rs 3,700 crore
The petition was moved on February 1 before the NCLT Ahmedabad bench and is likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday
The order comes after the NCLAT last week directed the NCLT to decide on the ArcelorMittal resolution plan by January 31
TV channels also reported that the country's bankruptcy court said billionaire owner Ruia brothers' Rs 54,389 crore settlement plan for the steel maker is not 'maintainable.'
The appellate tribunal has directed the Ahmedabad Bench of NCLT to pass an order on the insolvency resolution of Essar Steel on Jan 31