NCLAT sets aside HDFC plea to stay IL&FS’ BKC headquarters sale – ET RealEstate

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) rejected a Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) appeal to stay the sale of IL&FS’ headquarters in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex to a Brookfield affiliate, two sources told ET.

A two-judge bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Dr Alok Srivastava dismissed the appeal by the leading mortgage-finance lender in an order dated February 28.

HDFC had sanctioned a loan of Rs 400 crore to IL&FS as a lease rental discounting transaction in 2018. The repayment of this facility was to be from the cash flows generated from the use of the property being let out by IL&FS.

However, the National Company Law Tribunal initiated corporate insolvency proceedings thereby staying recovery, foreclosure or enforcement of any security. IL&FS initiated the sale process of the said property in October 2020.

In January 2022, the decision to sell the property for Rs 1,080 crore got the vote of 74% creditors to the distressed infrastructure financier.