The insolvency appellate tribunal has approved the insolvency proceedings against the debt-ridden Jaypee Cement, upholding an earlier order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
A two-member bench of the NCLAT rejected the appeal filed by Alok Gaur against the NCLT order, saying the debt and default matter is proved, and it did not find any error in the order directing the initiation of insolvency proceedings.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) rejected Gaur’s submission that its parent firm Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) has signed an MRA (Master Restructuring Agreement) with lenders, undertaken to discharge its liabilities.
As all debt stood transferred to JAL, now facing CIRP (Corporate Insolvency…