MUMBAI : The Supreme Court docket on Thursday directed SpiceJet Ltd to method the Madras Excessive Court docket (HC) to withdraw the $5 million financial institution assure that it deposited with the courtroom in Might.
SpiceJet had deposited the financial institution assure on instructions from the Madras HC, at a time the SC was listening to a winding-up case towards the corporate filed by Credit score Suisse AG. The winding-up case has now been settled. A bench led by former chief justice N.V. Ramana took on report that the settlement between the 2 events has been accomplished and disposed of the matter.
On 25 Might, the low-cost airline had knowledgeable the apex courtroom that it had settled its litigation with Credit score Suisse over unpaid dues. The settlement was executed on 23 Might, and the consent phrases have been submitted to the Supreme Court docket.
The airline stated the settlement concerned fee of certain quantity upfront and stability quantity over a mutually agreed timeline, with out sharing extra particulars.
The case has its origins in November 2011 when the Ajay Singh-led airline signed a 10-year plane servicing and upkeep settlement with SR Technics, a Swiss upkeep, restore and overhauling (MRO) service supplier.
The Swiss firm had issued invoices, and the airline had issued seven payments of trade to cowl the cash owed on the invoices. In September 2012, SR Technics entered right into a finance settlement with Credit score Suisse, assigning the lender all of its present and future rights to obtain funds beneath the settlement. Nevertheless, after the airline did not make funds of over $24 million, Credit score Suisse filed a winding-up petition towards SpiceJet within the Madras Excessive Court docket final yr.
On 6 December 2021, a single-judge bench of the Madras HC allowed winding-up proceedings towards SpiceJet beneath Part 433 (e) of the Corporations Act 1956, and directed the official liquidator to take over the belongings of the airline. The airline challenged the order earlier than a division bench.
The division bench upheld the only choose’s order. The airline then challenged the ruling within the Supreme Court docket, which stayed the HC order to wind up the airline, and granted the corporate three weeks to settle the matter. Nevertheless, the ultimate settlement took longer.
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