UK Court Orders Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani to Pay $717 Million to 3 Chinese Banks
Delhi | 24th May 2020
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has been ordered to pay $717 million within 21 days to 3 Chinese banks by the UK Court, the High Court of England and Wales in London.
” Anil Ambani to Pay $717 million to 3 Chinese banks “
In 2012, India mobile operator Reliance Communication, had received a corporate loan of more than $900 million from 3 Chinese banks, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Development Bank and Exim Bank of China. In 2019, Reliance Communications filed for bankruptcy.
The 3 Chinese banks had held that Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani had provided a personal guarantee for the corporate loan under Reliance Communications.
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani have defended that he did not and had not authorised anyone to provide a personal guarantee on his behalf. On 22nd May 2020, Friday, the High Court of England and Wales in London ruled that Anil Ambani is liable to pay $717 million within 21 days to the 3 Chinese banks.
History of Reliance
Reliance Group was founded in 1966 by by Anil Ambani’s father Dhirubhai Ambani. It is one of the largest companies in Asia and is the largest company in India. In 2002, his father died without a will, leaving a feud between his elder brother Mukesh Ambani and himself. After their mother stepped in, the group was divided into 2 groups: Reliance Industries (Oil-refining, Petrochemicals) and Reliance Group (Telecom, Power Generation, Financial Services).
Anil Ambani was once Asia’s richest man with a net worth of more than $40 billion. Today, he reportedly has no meaningful assets or a net worth of near zero. His elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, runs Reliance Industries and is Asia’s richest man with a net worth of more than $50 billion.
In March 2019, his elder brother Mukesh Ambani had helped him with a $77 million payment for Reliance Communications to mobile communication company, Ericsson. New Delhi’s Supreme Court had ruled Anil Ambani and 2 directors will face a 3 months prison-sentence if they do not pay Ericsson within 4 weeks.
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About Reliance Group
Reliance Group is among India’s top private sector business houses serving over 250 million customers across telecommunications, power, financial services, infrastructure, media and entertainment, and healthcare sectors.
Founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai Ambani (1932-2002), the Reliance Group positively influences the lives of one in every 5 aspiring Indians across more than 25,000 cities and towns and 400,000 villages.
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