NCLT division bench to hear Reliance Capital case on January 16
The HinduThe division bench of National Company Law Tribunal on January 16 is set to decide Reliance Capital’s proposed reauction challenged by Ahmedabad-based Torrent Investments, which was the highest bidder in the first round of bidding conducted on December 21st. In its next meeting on January 6, the CoC appears to have belatedly found that the outcome of the challenge mechanism undertaken earlier on December 21 was sub optimal and not satisfactory following the NCLT’s stay on considering the revised bid of one of the bidders. The CoC in the meeting on January 6 decided to conduct an extended challenge mechanism through another electronic auction or what’s been reported in the media as reauction or second round of auction. According to lawyers involved in the NCLT cases, it will be interesting to see whether the division bench upholds adherence to process, which bars any acceptance of revised bid after the deadline or commercial wisdom, a view taken by the CoC to seek higher revenue for the lenders by conducting another round of bidding.