The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday dismissed a plea to initiate insolvency proceedings against Religare Enterprises Ltd observing that it was a financial service provider and does not come under the ambit of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
A principal bench headed by NCLT President Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Atul Chaturvedi held that the petition filed by Ligare Aviation Ltd against Religare Enterprises was “not maintainable” and does not fall under the definition of “Corporate Debtor”, which means a corporate person who owes a debt to any person.
“We are of the considered view that the corporate debtor (Religare Enterprises) as alleged does not come within the meaning of corporate person and therefore, we are…
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