Jaypee Infratech News
The department's petition is the fourth plea filed by an entity against the NCLT order passed on March 7.
The court passing the order in extraordinary circumstances said that JP Association bidder cannot submit its proposal. A bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari turned down the Jaypee group plea for participating in the auction of its debt-ridden group firm, Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL).
A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari made the recommendation while hearing a plea filed by Chitra Sharma, an aggrieved homebuyer of Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL).
In the voting process that concluded on June 10, majority of banks voted against NBCC's bid to acquire the debt-laden firm. Most homebuyers voted in favour of the NBCC bid.
The development comes hours after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) clarified that it has not barred lenders from voting against NBCC's resolution plan.
Hearing a plea by IDBI Bank, seeking a stay or annulment of the voting process, a three-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya also allowed nine homebuyers' associations representing around 5,000 buyers to file intervention application.
A Committee of Creditors (CoC) met on Tuesday and took this decision even as NBCC Monday decided against diluting certain conditions, including exemption from tax liability, in its revised offer.
The Committee of Creditors (CoC) met Thursday to discuss NBCC's revised offer after it rejected the bid of Mumbai-based Suraksha Realty on May 3 through a voting under the insolvency proceedings.
IDBI had approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking extension of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) beyond the May 6 deadline as the proceedings are still underway to find a buyer for the Jaypee group's realty firm.
Jaypee Infratech, a subsidiary of Jaypee Group's flagship firm Jaiprakash Associates, is developing about 32,000 flats, of which it has delivered 9,500 units.
State-owned NBCC, Kotak Investment, Singapore-based Cube Highways and Suraksha group have been shortlisted as bidders for debt-laden Jaypee Infratech.
Last week, three independent directors Lalit Bhasin, Keshav Prasad Rau and Basant Kumar Goswami had resigned from the board.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the limitation period of 180 days to conclude the insolvency proceedings will commence from today.
Debt-ridden Jaypee Infratech has an outstanding debt of nearly Rs 9,800 crore, of which Rs 4,334 crore pertains to IDBI.
IIFCL, in a letter to the resolution professional, tore into its valuers assuming a much less toll collections from Jaypee-built expressway.
NCLT has admitted the application by an IDBI Bank-led consortium seeking resolution for Jaypee Infratech under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
In the Delhi-NCR property market, insolvency proceedings have started in Jaypee Infratech and Amrapali group company.
The home buyers in their plea had sought a direction to the government and others that this code "shall not curtail the legal statutory and vested rights of the flat owners/ buyers as consumers" defined under Consumer Protection Act.
It also restrained the Managing Director and Directors of Jaypee Infratech, a sister company of Jaypee associates, from travelling abroad without its prior permission.
SC has restrained the managing director and directors of Jaypee Infratech from leaving country without its permission.
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