The TOI correspondent from London:Vijay Mallya’s appeal against a bankruptcy order made in the UK courts concluded on Thursday with the judge overseeing the hearing of three separate appeals referring several times to the “Alice in Wonderland world of the case” and “going down rabbit holes”. Judge Sir Anthony Mann has reserved judgment.The Indian businessman…
The TOI correspondent from London: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya’s barrister told a London court that the banks pursuing Mallya are “acting in bad faith” and not being transparent as he made a failed attempt to adjourn Mallya’s appeal hearing against his bankruptcy order in the London high court on the first day of its…
MUMBAI: Loans written off by commercial banks between FY15 and FY24 totalled Rs 12.3 lakh crore. Of this, 53% or Rs 6.5 lakh crore of the write-offs were by public sector banks in the last five years (FY20-24), according to data provided by govt in response to Parliament queries.The loan write-offs by the banking sector…
A Delhi High Court has ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to compensate a customer, Hare Ram Singh, who lost Rs 2.6 lakh to a phishing attack. The court found SBI negligent in handling Singh’s complaint and failing to prevent the fraudulent transactions.Singh, a victim of a cyberattack, promptly notified SBI’s customer care and…
On Sept 18, a small village in Chhattisgarh‘s Sakti woke up to find that a ‘SBI’ branch had sprung up overnight. It sported the logo, and cashiers and a manager who looked busy and business-like. Chhapora village felt like it had arrived.The trusting villagers had no way of knowing it was an elaborate fraud. Even…
Representative Image Mumbai: SpaceMantra, the winning bidder to take over Kishore Biyani‘s retail brand outlet Future Lifestyle Fashions (FLFL), has withdrawn its resolution plan for the company days before lenders overwhelmingly voted for it, putting creditors of the debt-laden company in a quandary. SpaceMantra, promoted by former NBCC chairman Anoop Kumar Mittal, along with two…
Representative image New Delhi: The lenders of Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd, going through insolvency resolution, have approved the bid from a consortium of Space Mantra and Sandeep Gupta & Shalini Gupta. The Committee of Creditors (CoC) of Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd (FLFL) has voted in favour of the resolution plan submitted by the consortium, according…
ITR Refund Status FY 2023-24: Users who have filed their income tax return (ITR) and paid taxes more than they owe can expect an income tax refund once the I-T department processes the ITR and sends a confirmation notification. This comes under Section 143(1) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, according to an ET report. For…
Mumbai: PC Jeweller has reached a one-time settlement (OTS) with a consortium of lenders led by State Bank of India (SBI) to settle its debt by offering banks a mix of cash and equity in the Delhi-based company. The ₹2,250-crore offer represents about a 20% haircut to lenders’ principal amount, estimated at ₹2,900 crore, and…
SBI did not disclose the intended use of the proceeds from the fundraising. The State Bank of India (SBI), the nation’s biggest lender, announced on Tuesday that its board has given the green light to raise up to $3 billion through debt instruments in the present fiscal year.The government-run bank will secure the funds in…
