Viceroy Research had launched a report charging billionaire Agarwal’s mining conglomerate as “financially unsustainable” and posing a extreme threat to collectors. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Taking word of Justice Chandran’s recusal, the Bench additionally comprising Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai and Atul Chandurkar adjourned the plea filed by advocate Shakti Bhatia.
Mr. Bhatia, in his plea, contended that he independently corroborated parts of the Viceroy report, significantly concerning undisclosed related-party transactions, by reviewing MCA21 filings, SEBI disclosures and Registrar of Companies information.
The petition submitted that sure high-value transactions concerned counterparties neither declared as associated events nor subjected to shareholder approval as mandated.
Viceroy Research had launched a report charging billionaire Agarwal’s mining conglomerate as “financially unsustainable” and posing a extreme threat to collectors, allegations which the group known as “selective misinformation and baseless” geared toward discrediting the group.
Viceroy had stated it was shorting the debt stack of Vedanta Resources, the father or mother firm and majority proprietor of Mumbai-listed Vedanta Ltd, because it launched the 85-page report.
Shorting debt, often known as quick promoting of bonds, is a buying and selling technique the place an investor seems to revenue from a decline within the value of bonds or different debt devices. It entails borrowing the bond, promoting it on the present market value, after which shopping for it again later at a doubtlessly cheaper price to return to the lender, pocketing the distinction as revenue.
Calling Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) a “heavily indebted parent”, Viceroy stated, “The entire group structure is financially unsustainable, operationally compromised, and poses a severe, under-appreciated risk to creditors”.
Published – September 08, 2025 01:16 pm IST
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