Essar says CoC should not be forced to accept resolution plan which undervalues the company
This is a sequel to the NCLAT directing on Wednesday the Ahmedabad Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to pass an order on the case by January 31
The appellate tribunal has directed to list the matter on February 4 for next hearing
Senior SBI executive said the sale if goes through would give bank immediate cash to be deployed for lending operations
The Essar Steel insolvency case under the IBC has been running for around 500 days now, against the maximum stipulated time of 270 days
Trashes RP's confidentiality claim in refusing to provide verbatim report on road map of resolution plan with regard to payment of its dues
The tax department had requested the resolution professional for a verbatim report on provisions of the resolution plan
Senior counsel Ravi Kadam told the NCLT that the mortgaged assets belonged to the creditors and the public
The holding firm challenged the non-maintainability claim against its debt settlement proposal worth Rs 543.89 billion on behalf of Essar Steel
The two-member bench of adjudicating authorities Harihar Prakash Chaturvedi and Manorama Kumari deferred the hearing till December 13
The Ruias had made a Rs 543-billion settlement offer the day the lenders voted in favour of ArcelorMittal's Rs 420-billion offer
Some of the operational creditors (OC) of Essar Steel on Tuesday moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Ahmedabad bench, for recovery of dues worth over Rs 3.74 billion. Two petitions, one by a single operational creditor Orissa Stevedores Ltd. and another by a set of 27 operational creditors, were filed on Tuesday at NCLT under section 60(5) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).The operational creditors including the likes of Ideal Movers Private Limited, Kamaljeet Ahluwalia, Arfin India Limited, Sakar Industries Private Limited and Apex Commodities, have asked the bench to "pass directions" to the Committee of Creditors (CoC) to ask the resolution applicant ArcelorMittal to match up the offer contemplated under the settlement proposal of Essar Steel Asia Holding Limited.Apparently, ArcelorMittal, which has emerged the highest bidder for the company, has not included operational creditors in its debt resolution plan submitted to the CoC, which has made the operational ...
After trying for more than a decade to get a foothold in India, the steel magnate is closer than ever to realising his dream
ArcelorMittal, which has emerged the highest bidder for the company, has not included operational creditors in its debt resolution plan submitted to the committee of creditors
The news comes just a day after Essar Steel said its board and shareholders offered to pay Rs 543.89 billion to creditors
This is not the first time the promoters of Essar Steel are trying to get the company back
Sources close to Essar said Section 12A was introduced in June 2018
Essar Steel lenders are likely to put the AecelorMittal proposal for voting early next week, according to ET report
NuMetal has said it will match the ArcelorMittal's offer
Earlier the Russian bank was making a plan to take over the company via Numetal Mauritius - which had a Ruia family interest