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Lenders to Byju's, once one of India's hottest tech startups, properly cited a default on a $1.2 billion loan when taking over control of a unit of the education-technology provider, a Delaware judge concluded.

The lenders – which include Redwood Investments LLC and Silver Point Capital LP – were within their contractual rights to replace a relative of company founder Byju Raveendran on the board of Byju’s Alpha, a special-purpose company formed for financing purposes, with their nominee, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Morgan Zurn ruled.

Lenders have been pushing hard for the repayment of the $1.2 billion loan amid the companys mounting distress after a pandemic-era boom in online learning fizzled out. Byjus had been working to sell assets and deal with the loan issue when government investigators searched company offices this year.

The loan dispute with Davidson Kempner was a corporate hangover on AESL and its settlement along with Pai’s entry mark significant milestones for Think and Learn Private Ltd (TLPL), the parent company of Byju’s, as it navigates a business restructuring amid a challenging macro funding environment.