NCLT directs Zee Entertainment to file reply to Invesco plea by Oct 22

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday gave Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd time till October 22 to file its reply to a plea by its minority shareholder Invesco, after appellate body NCLAT ordered the tribunal to give the media major reasonable opportunity to do the same.

The Mumbai bench of NCLT, comprising Bhaskara Pantula Mohan and Narendra Kumar Bhola, directed Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) to file its reply by October 22 for further consideration.

The NCLAT had on Thursday directed NCLT Mumbai to give reasonable opportunity to the media major to reply to Invesco’s plea for holding a meeting of shareholders, and also remarked that the tribunal made an “error” by not providing sufficient response time.