Anil Ambani to pay USD 100 million in conditional order for Chinese banks: UK court

A UK court on Friday directed Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to pay USD 100 million towards a conditional order granted to three Chinese banks pursuing the recovery of over USD 680 million owed to them as part of a loan agreement.

In what is in effect a deposit to be paid into court pending a full trial in the case, Judge David Waksman has set a six-week timeline for such a payment to be made as he concluded that he did not accept Ambani’s defence that his net worth was nearly zero or that his family would not step in to assist him when push came to shove .

In my overall conclusion, Mr Ambani has not satisfied me that he can’t make any payment at all, said Judge Waksman, as he expressed particular criticism of a lack of candour and transparency on the part of Ambani’s defence in reference to his financial means.