Lawstreet Journal

Former Directors Of DHFL File Plea In NCLT Seeking To Be Included In Meetings Of CoC

Lawstreet Journal 18 Feb 2020 4:32pm

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Business Former Directors Of DHFL File Plea In NCLT Seeking To Be Included In Meetings Of CoC

Former Directors, Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) moved the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking its intervention to direct (Reserve Bank of India) RBI’s administrator to be made a part of the meetings of Committee of Creditors (CoC) of the debt-laden (Non-Banking Financial Company) NBFC.

The division bench led by Rajasekhar VK and Ravikumar Duraisamy allowed the administrator to file his reply and posted the matter for further hearing on February 19, 2020.

“The administrator of DHFL is not allowing us with the arguments that the board is not replaced like normal corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) but it was superseded by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),” said senior advocate JJ Bhat who was appearing for the former directors of the company.

Rohan Rajadhyaksha, advocate representing DHFL’s administrator, countered by saying that insolvency proceedings are going on that’s why they are not allowed to participate in meetings of CoC.

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Contributory Provident Fund Trust also moved to NCLT to recover dues from DHFL. The trust, which manages the power corporation's provident fund, claimed that the non-bank lender owes it more than Rs 148 crore that it invested in DHFL's fixed deposits. Advocate of DHFL’s administrator sought time to reply for the same.

In December 2019, NCLT had admitted the Reserve Bank of India's petition to initiate insolvency proceedings against the financial services company. The tribunal also appointed R Subramania Kumar, the RBI-appointed administrator, as the resolution professional for the insolvency process of DHFL.… Continue Reading...


Tagged: Former Directors   DHFL File  
Disclaimer: SoOLEGAL in Media collaboration with Lawstreet Journal. SoOLEGAL take no responsbility for the content provided by Lawstreet Journal. For any discrepancies Contact Lawstreet Journal.
Did you find this write up useful? YES 0 NO 0
×

C2RMTo Know More

Something Awesome Is In The Work

0

DAYS

0

HOURS

0

MINUTES

0

SECONDS

Sign-up and we will notify you of our launch.
We’ll also give some discount for your effort :)

* We won’t use your email for spam, just to notify you of our launch.
×

SAARTHTo Know More

Launching Soon : SAARTH, your complete client, case, practise & document management SAAS application with direct client chat feature.

If you want to know more give us a Call at :+91 98109 29455 or Mail info@soolegal.com