Delhi Metro | HC directs DMRC to take over debts of RInfra’s DAMEPL

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New Delhi: Reliance Infrastructure said on Tuesday that the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to take over the servicing of all debt liabilities of  Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) amounting to Rs 1,618 crore. The company said 11 banks, who had lent to DAMEPL to run the Delhi Airport Metro Express line, will benefit from the latest High Court order.

According to RInfra statement, “The division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar passed the interim order on the Section 37 application filed by DMRC. As per the order, DMRC will have to start servicing the DAMEPL debt to 11 banks who had lent to the infrastructure major’s subsidiary to run the Delhi Airport Metro Express line”.

The DMRC had challenged a March 6, 2018 Delhi High Court single judge order upholding the Rs 5,300 crore arbitral award, including interest, in favour of DAMEPL. Late last month, the Delhi High Court had directed the DMRC to pay Rs 306 crore as immediate interim relief to the company.

RInfra said that DMRC had been directed to pay this amount to a consortium of banks, by March 31, to ensure that no account of DAMEPL turns a non-performing asset (NPA), or bad loan.

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