The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Tuesday granted NCLT Ahmedabad a week more to decide over the Rs 42,000 crore resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for the debt ridden Essar Steel.
A two member bench headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya has directed the Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to decide over the matter by February 19.
During the hearing, NCLAT was informed that Ahmedabad bench has completed hearing on operational creditors plea and is scheduled to hear suspended Essar directors later in the day Tuesday.
Earlier on February 4, the NCLAT has asked NCLT Ahmedabad to decide by February 11, failing to which it would call records and pass order.
The NCLAT direction came while hearing an application filed by ArcelorMittal, whose Rs 42,000 crore takeover proposal of the indebted steel-maker has been approved by the committee of creditors (CoC) and is pending before the NCLT for approval.
Earlier, on January 29, NCLT Ahmedabad had rejected the debt settlement proposal put forth by the shareholders of Essar Steel saying the offer violates Section 12A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
Essar Steel owns a 10-million-tonne steel mill in Gujarat.
