Yes Bank plans legal action on police order, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Yes Bank is understood to be planning legal action against the Gautam Buddh Nagar police order disallowing the private lender from dealing with or exercising rights over shares of DishTV. This is a part of the bank’s attempts to recover loans to the group.

According to legal experts, the bank can seek redressal from the Allahabad HC against the police order. The police have issued a notice under Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which gives them power to seize property that is allegedly stolen or there is reasonable suspicion. The notice was issued on a case based on a complaint by Subhash Chandra, chairman of Essel Group. The FIR is understood to have been lodged in September 2020.

The private bank, which is the largest shareholder in DishTV with a stake of over 24%, has sought to oust the management. The bank had acquired a stake in the broadcaster after invoking a pledge on shares that were offered by the Essel Group promoter. The pledges were invoked after the promoter defaulted on its loans. The Essel Group, which has come under stress, had managed to extract a standstill agreement from other lenders. Yes Bank has continued to pursue recovery and moved a resolution to sack CEO Jawahar Goel and other independent directors.

However, last Saturday, DishTV informed the stock exchanges that the UP Police have issued a notice to the bank asking it not to deal with DishTV shares or exercise any rights in respect of them.



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IDBI Bank sell-off: Govt floats RFP for appointment of transaction and legal advisor

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The government on Tuesday floated a Request for Proposal (RFP) to appoint transaction advisor and legal advisor to assist in the strategic disinvestment of IDBI Bank.

The last date for interested parties to submit their bid is July 13 and the bid will be opened on July 14.

At present, IDBI Bank is classified as a private sector bank by the RBI with government shareholding at 45.48 per cent, Life Insurance Corporation of India shareholding at 49.24 per cent and the non-promoter shareholding at 5.29 per cent. LIC is the promoter while Centre is the co-promoter.

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The government proposes to go for strategic disinvestment along with transfer of management control. However, the extent of shareholding to be divested by the government and LIC will be decided at the time of structuring of transaction in consultation with the RBI.

Divestment target

The government has set a target of ₹1.75-lakh crore to be raised through disinvestment this fiscal, out of which ₹1-lakh crore is intended to be raised through off-loading the government stake in public sector banks and financial institutions. This also includes the stake sale in IDBI Bank. On May 5, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the strategic disinvestment of IDBI Bank.

LIC’s Board has already passed a resolution to the effect that LIC may reduce its shareholding in IDBI Bankthrough divesting its stake along with strategic stake sale envisaged by the government with an intent to relinquish management control and by taking into consideration, price, market outlook, statutory stipulation and interest of policy holders.

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