NCLAT stays NCLT order on Kapil Wadhawan's proposal
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New Delhi The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday stayed the direction of NCLT Mumbai directing the lenders of DHFL to consider the offer by the debt-ridden mortgage firm's erstwhile promoter Kapil Wadhawan.
A vacation bench of NCLAT comprising Acting Chairman Justice A I S Cheema and Member Technical V P Singh stayed the order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). On May 19, NCLT Mumbai had directed the settlement plan offered by Wadhawan to be considered by the lenders of DHFL, one of the lawyers engaged in the matter said. Meanwhile, the appellate tribunal also clarified that its order should not come in the way for NCLT to decide the approval of the plan selected by the Committee of Creditors (CoC), the lawyer added.
In January this year, the CoC voted in favour of selling DHFL to the Piramal Group under the bankruptcy process. NCLAT's direction came over an urgent petition moved by the Union Bank of India on behalf of the CoC of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFCL). The order of the NCLAT is yet to be updated on the website of the appellate tribunal.
