Wyndham recorded the highest number of debtors entering personal insolvency within the greater Melbourne area in the June quarter this year.

There were 93 personal insolvencies recorded in Wyndham between April and June, according to the Australian Financial Security Authority. That compares with 80 personal insolvencies between January and March.

Elsewhere in the west, Melton recorded 50 personal insolvencies in the June quarter (56 previously), Brimbank 40 (48 previously), Hobsons Bay 22 (20 previously) and Maribyrnong 14 (20).

A partner in insolvency firm Jirsch Sutherland, Malcolm Howell, said increased levels of personal insolvency were due to a varie…

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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Private power companies defaulting on an estimated Rs 1.7 lakh crore loans to 34 projects ran out of time to avoid insolvency proceedings on Monday, with the Allahabad high court refusing to grant interim relief.

The court’s decision leaves no other option for lenders but to initiate insolvency proceedings according to the Reserve Bank of India’s directive to banks to initiate insolvency proceedings against defaulters if a resolution plan was not finalised within six months.

According to SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar, neither the court decision nor the expiry of the RBI deadline will have any impact on the bank’s bottomline. “Unlike the NCLT-1 and NCLT-2 list of companies, which was given by the RBI, there is no ad…

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HYDERABAD: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday ordered the liquidation of Lanco Infratech, after the infrastructure firms committee of creditors rejected a revised resolution plan from Thriveni Earthmovers.

The Hyderabad bench of NCLT headed by judicial member Ratakonda Murali appointed the companys resolution professional, Savan Godiavala, as liquidator.

Lanco Infratech has consolidated debt of more than Rupee45,000 crore from 29 lenders. It was one of the initial 12 stressed assets that was identified by the Reserve Bank of India for resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

On July 13, the NCLT had extended the deadline to find a resolution by 16 days to facilitate the committee of creditors to consider Th…

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Australian tax authorities are chasing food delivery company Foodora for unpaid tax and superannuation before it exits the country.

The Australian Taxation Office and Revenue NSW started investigating Foodora’s tax obligations before the food delivery company went into voluntary administration earlier this month, having classified its food delivery riders as employees instead of independent contractors.

In advice to creditors, voluntary administrator Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants, said Revenue NSW notified Foodora in March that it was under investigation and that it had now determined the delivery riders attracted payroll tax. This was because it deemed them to be employees under the common law and not independent contractors…

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NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court declined to give private power companies any interim relief on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular that tightened bad loan norms on Monday, the deadline for finalising resolution plans for the stressed assets.

The court suggested the government could use a special dispensation that has never been used before to give directions to the central bank. The high court has mandated insolvency proceedings by lenders against defaulting power projects. Executives said that insolvency proceedings, which kick in as RBIs 180-day deadline has passed, may lead to steep haircuts for lenders because of the low valuations of stressed projects.

Bankers said they have 15 days to start insolvency proceedings against…

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(CTech) China’s chip designer and manufacturer Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. is in talks to acquire Israel-headquartered communication chips company ColorChip Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter. The deal discussed values the latter at around $300 million, the people familiar with the matter said.

Based in Xiamen City in China’s Fujian province, Shanghai-listed Sanan Optoelectronics designs and produces LED components as well as radio chips.

The planned-acquisition will be either participated by or conducted through a Sanan Group affiliated private equity fund called An Xin Capital LLP, the people familiar with the matter said.

Both Sanan Optoelectornics and An Xin Capital have been approached for comment bu…

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The Hyderabad Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday ordered the liquidation of Lanco Infratech Limited (LITL), the holding company of the Lanco group, having a consolidated debt of Rs 500 billion.

The Bench has appointed resolution professional (RP) Savan Godiawala as the liquidator and directed him to initiate the liquidation process as prescribed under Chapter-3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, by following the liquidation process stated in IBBI (liquidation process) Regulation, 2013.

“The liquidator appointed herein is directed to issue public announcement stating that the corporate debtor is in liquidation and also required to se…

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The Hyderabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal today ordered the liquidation of Lanco Infratech after the committee of creditors rejected the revised resolution plan submitted by Thriveni Earthmovers, a Tamil Nadu-based infra and mining firm.

The bench headed by judicial member Ratakonda Murali in his orders appointed the interim resolution professional (IRP) Savan Godiavala as the liquidator of the company.

The Reserve Bank had last June directed IDBI Bank, lead lender of Lanco Infratech, to initiate insolvency proceedings for the company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

The company, among 12 firms identified by the RBI with high debt for proceedings under IBC, owes over Rs 44,000 crore to the IDBI…

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Citing an RBI notification, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday demanded that the SBI should declare Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) bankrupt and said the company owed Rs 12,000 crore to several banks.

He accused the Modi government of trying to protect the company from being declared bankrupt.

Ramesh said that on February 12, the Reserve Bank of India issued a circular stating that any company that owed more than Rs 2,000 crore to banks should be declared bankrupt within 180 days.

“GSPC’s highest debt is from SBI, which is Rs 1,200 crore. According to RBI’s notification, SBI should declare GSPC bankrupt,” said Ramesh.

“Last month GSPC submitted a 15-page document, entitle…

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The National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad, has ordered liquidation proceedings for Lanco Infratech Ltd. The NCLT Bench dismissed a petition filed by Power Mech Projects Ltd to consider a deadline extension to place a bid for Lanco Infratech.

Ordering the appointment of Insolvency Resolution Professional (IRP) Savan Godiawala as the official liquidator, NCLT Member Ratakonda Murali accorded 75 days time for the liquidation process.

The diversified infrastructure company was taken to NCLT by IDBI, and the IRP had called for a resolution plan by potential bidders.

In the first attempt, Thriveni Earthmovers bid, the only comprehensive one, was considered. However, it was rejected by the Committee of Creditors (CoC) with barely 15 per cent …

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The Congress today claimed that public-sector Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) owes Rs 12,000 crore in loans to various banks, and accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to prevent the company from being declared bankrupt.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed at a press conference that a Rs 20,000-crore scam has come to light in GSPC, 13 years after then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced in 2005 the discovery of a natural gas block in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

He cited two reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that noted that GSPC took loans of Rs 20,000 core from 15 banks and gave contracts for drilling to “four-five companies”.

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