‘No settlement without backing of Byju’s creditors’

BENGALURU: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunaldismissed attempts by Byju’s founder Byju Reveendran’s brother Riju Ravindran and cricket body BCCI to withdraw insolvency proceedings against the edtech firm without creditor approval.This decision reinforces the authority of the committee of creditors (CoC) in thecorporate insolvency case.NCLAT upheld an earlier decision by the Bengaluru bench of the…

Restaurant chain files for bankruptcy

Hooters of America has filed for bankruptcy in Texas, as it tries to deal with its debts by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a group backed by its founders. The firm currently directly owns and operates 151 restaurants, with another 154 operated by franchisees, mainly in the US. The company said its restaurants,…