Bankruptcy blues for Reliance Communications

The lenders to Reliance Communications (R-Com) on Tuesday moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking to appoint a new resolution professional and form a committee of creditors, the first step to start the bankruptcy process against the Anil Ambani group company that owes close to Rs 50,000 crore to 31 lenders, led by the State Bank of India.

Meanwhile, R-Com, through the existing resolution professional, sought 13 months exclusion in the insolvency process citing the stays it had obtained on the process from the appellate tribunal and the Supreme Court.

The resolution professional sought the exclusion from April 30, 2018 to May 30, 2019 as the initial insolvency proceedings was stayed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and later by the apex court.