SC upholds NCLT’s discretionary powers

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Axis Bank’s petition seeking reconsideration of its earlier judgment that held that the NCLT while examining the existence of debt and default by a corporate debtor on a financial creditor’s plea for initiating corporate insolvency resolution process has the discretion to admit or not admit the plea. A Bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and

SBI starts insolvency process against Bajaj Hindusthan at NCLT

SBI has filed an insolvency petition against the country’s largest sugar firm Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.SBI as a financial creditor has filed the plea before the Allahabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The petition has been filed under Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. In the last fiscal year, the company had posted a consolidated

NCLT directs tax department to return TDS to Precision Fasteners

The NCLT MUMBAI has directed the income tax department to return the tax deducted at source (TDS) from Precision Fasteners after the auto-component maker was referred for liquidation. The ruling is expected to set a precedent in several such cases where the revenue department is seeking to recover statutory dues from companies facing liquidation. The liquidator of the company had