New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked realty firm Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to deposit an additional Rs 1,000 crore with its registry by June 15 to provide refunds to the hassled home buyers.
On submission of this amount, the liquidation proceedings against Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL), a subsidiary of holding company JAL, shall remain stayed, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said.
The bench, which also comprised Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, said if there was any default in depositing the money by June 15, the statutory proceedings against JIL, which has been facing insolvency proceedings, shall proceed.
The apex court had earlier directed JAL to deposit Rs 2,000 crore with the apex court Registry. So far, the real estate firm has deposited Rs 750 crore.
Lawyer Anupam Lal Das, appearing for JAL, said its proposed revival plan for JIL ought to be considered afresh by the committee of creditors (COC).
“We have proposed the best revival plan and the liquidation of JIL is neither in the interest of creditors, nor in the interest of home buyers,” he said.
The firm has proposed to offer 2,000 equity shares of JIL, the company facing the insolvency proceedings, to each home buyer as part of its Rs 10,000-crore proposal to revive it, he added.
The company had sought a direction for restraining the National Company Law Tribunal (NLCT) at Allahabad from proceeding further with the insolvency proceedings.
