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Union Bank: Creditors invoked a guarantee due to CIRP non-compliance, halting the Lavasa project. Legal battles continue as lenders lose confidence in the resolution applicant. NCLT and NCLAT petitions are pending, with DPIL seeking more time.

Creditors invoked a guarantee due to CIRP non-compliance, halting the Lavasa project. Legal battles continue as lenders lose confidence in the resolution applicant. NCLT and NCLAT petitions are pending, with DPIL seeking more time.

Even as increasingly affluent Indians desperately hunt for holiday destinations, Lavasa City, India’s first planned, private hill station lies in a shambles. Nestling in the majestic Western Ghats and styled on the lines of the Italian town of Portofino, the township is spread across 12,500 acres.

This is the second bank objection to the loan default resolution of Lavasa Corporation, billed as the first private hill town project to be built since Independence.

This is the second bank objection to the loan default resolution of Lavasa Corporation, billed as the first private hill town project to be built since Independence. It comes almost two years after creditors approved the plan overwhelmingly in December 2021 and months after the NCLT gave its nod in July this year.

Union Bank: The lender has sought withdrawal of NCLT approval alleging connivance between the resolution professional (RP) Shailesh Verma and the winning bidder to undervalue the real estate assets of Lavasa, resulting in a loss to creditors of the company.

"In spite of clear directions from this Tribunal to place the modified or fresh resolution plan before the consolidated CoC (committee of creditors) for their consideration, the respondent no 1 (Verma) with malafide intention and in connivance with the respondent 2 (DPIL) instead of placing the modified or fresh resolution plan and without taking into account valuation of assets of the debtor at that point of time, or February 2023," which the banks petition said misrepresented facts.

The tech-based fintech firm, which also invests in commercial litigations and insolvent companies, said that the first-of-its-kind bonds are fixed-income instruments to finance the companies expenses undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).

Lavasa is located in the Mulshi valley of the Sahyadri ranges of the Western Ghats; spread over 20,000 acres, Lavasa was the first privately developed city

The firm has over 21 companies working in 11 countries. The firm was founded in 2010.