Vijay Mallya faces bankruptcy; consortium of 13 Indian banks back in UK court over Rs 10,000 cr debt
FirstpostIn July, the banks had won a High Court battle to access documents they were after to establish the true ownership of assets they believed were linked with the embattled Mallya. London: A consortium of Indian banks led by State Bank of India are back in the UK high court to seek a bankruptcy order against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya over the alleged unpaid debt of around 1.145 billion pounds. A previous UK High Court ruling had refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya’s assets and upheld an Indian court’s ruling that the consortium of 13 Indian banks was entitled to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds. Besides SBI, the 13 Indian banks include Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank, Federal Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of Mysore, UCO Bank, United Bank of India and JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Pvt Ltd.