Amrapali 5-star hotel unsold in auction, SC suspects cartelisation

Taking strong exception to two prime properties, including a five-star hotel of the embattled Amrapali Group, finding no bidders, the Supreme Court on Monday said prima facie it looked like “cartelisation is at work” and sought to know if “banks are part of cartels”.

The top court said that it is "shocking and disturbing" that bankers are not coming forward to finance the properties.

The top court said that banks are ready to finance projects for National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) but they are not coming forward to finance the Amrapali properties being sold by Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in an auction.

A five-star hotel Amrapali Holiday Inn Tech Park constructed in Greater Noida and prime land in Vrindavan were put up for auction on January 31 by the DRT but no bidder had come forward to bid.