The Supreme Court on Monday held that criminal proceedings cannot stand against the DBS bank in connection with violations of law by officials of the erstwhile Lakshmi Vilas Bank before the two entities merged.
Holders of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.s equity shares and Tier-II bonds that were written off before the effective date of amalgamation took legal actions against DBSs local unit in various high courts in India.
Plea challenging Lakshmi Vilas Bank-DBS merger filed in Delhi HC
The petition in the Delhi High Court has been filed by lawyer Sudhir Kathpalia, who was also a shareholder in Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB)
PTI | January 18, 2021 | Updated 08:16 IST
The LVB-DBS amalgamation scheme was approved by the RBI on November 25, 2020 and the merger took place on November 27, 2020
A plea in the Delhi High Court has challenged the scheme of amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), contending that its shareholders have been left in the lurch and the Centre and the Reserve Bank have failed to protect their interests. The petition was listed before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on January 13, but was adjourned to February 19 after the bench was told that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has moved a plea in the Supreme Court to transfer all pleas against the amalgamation scheme to the Bombay High Court.