A two-member NCLAT bench said that since the NCLT order is "consensual" an an interlocutory order
The tribunal had also cancelled the reconstitution of the Committee of Creditors (COC) of Byju’s, carried out by the Interim Resolution Professional on August 31, 2024, in which Srivastava had excluded Glas Trust and Aditya Birla Finance.
The petition argues that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had reserved its 29 January order on both the settlement approval and the lenders’ challenge. However, the tribunal ruled only on the lenders’ plea.
Byju’s manager Vinay Ravindra and company ally Rajendran Vellapalath failed to answer questions about their roles in stripping software, cash and other assets from Byju’s US businesses that are under court supervision, a federal judge in Delaware found.
On November 20, NCLT ruled in favour of investors, directing Aakash Institute not to go ahead with a resolution to amend the Article of Association
BDO, the firm that was roped in as the auditor of Byju’s a year ago, has resigned amid the worsening crisis at the edtech company, alleging a lack of transparency and cooperation from the management.
On September 3, Glas Trust Inc, which represents several US-based lenders, was removed from the Committee of Creditors (CoC) in the ongoing insolvency case against Byju’s. This decision was made by Insolvency Resolution Professional (IRP) Pankaj Srivastava, after determining that Glas Trust no longer meets the requirement of representing at least 51 percent of the lenders.
The disqualification of Glas Trust could severely undermine the US lenders' position in their pursuit of accelerated repayment of $1.35 billion loan and penalties. The lender would not get a say on who should run the startup and steer a restructuring plan.
By Arpan ChaturvediNEW DELHI U.S.-based Glas Trust is asking an Indian court to not quash insolvency proceedings for ed-tech giant Byju's as ..
Riju Ravindran, brother of Byju’s founder, has been at the center of a nearly two-year-old fight over the missing cash, which lenders say should be returned to them after the company defaulted.
Compounding of non-payment of TDS by corporates to be rationalised
In an unusual move, two law firms representing Riju Ravindran, brother of Byju’s founder, filed papers Friday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, claiming their clients have failed to cooperate in their own defense.
The future of Raveendran's eponymous Byju's online coaching firm rests with India's courts after the county's biggest startup, once loved by global investors who valued it at $22 billion, crashed below $2 billion in valuation. The 44-year-old founder last week lost control of the company as a tribunal kick-started an insolvency process.
Raveendran will now pursue the regular appeal before National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The appellate tribunal is expected to hear the plea on July 22 (Monday).
Tricky questions could surface over the next few months with embattled edtech company Byju’s, once India’s hottest startup with a $22-billion valuation, entering the insolvency process.
Justice Krishna Kumar has sent the case back to NCLT for a fresh consideration. A detailed copy of the order is awaited
While adjourning the plea till July 3, the NCLT in Bengaluru said it would call the day 'Byju's day' as close to 10 petitions are coming up for hearing on that day.
The yearlong probe by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs found no evidence of wrongdoing such as siphoning of funds or manipulation of financial accounts, people familiar with the matter said.
US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey, during a court hearing Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware, agreed to drop an arrest order for William C. Morton, the founder of Camshaft Fund. Byju’s invested $533 million of loan proceeds with the fund last year, according to court records.
Apart from Oppo, two new insolvency pleas have been filed against Byju's in the last one week. They were filed by US based publishing company McGraw Hill education and end-to-end customer experience solutions company Cogent E-services.
Byju Raveendran is returning at the helm after a gap of four years and will handle more day to day operations.
Speaking to PTI, Mehrotra also said that digital alone can't meet aspirations of medical and engineering students looking to get into premium institutions, and it is important to address requirement of new learners.
Arbitration proceedings were initiated by the MEMG Family Office in March to protect its rights, as per the undertaking given by Byju's at the time of securing the loan.
The company, now valued at around $250 million, denies any wrongdoing.
NCLT Bengaluru delivers a divided decision on granting interim relief to investors to halt the rights issue of Byju's