Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) - HT Navi Mumbai Live
TROUBLED TIMES
THE DEBT
`6,903
CR Loans taken by Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) `9,300
CR KFA owes to banks and various govt departments in loans, interests and other dues
THE OFFER
`4,000 Mallya ready to pay back, CR his lawyers told the Supreme Court The offer will be a mix of cash and pledged shares of some of Mallya’s companies The offer was made to a consortium of 17 banks — led by the State Bank of India (SBI) — that approached the top court last month to recover its dues The court gave a week’s time to the banks to respond to Mallya’s offer
THE REJECTION
The consortium of banks rejected Mallya’s offer to pay Rs4,000 crore by September towards settlement of his loan
The banks, led by the State Bank of India (SBI), have also demanded that Mallya be personally present at the next hearing of the case in Supreme Court on April 26
The top court has asked Mallya to disclose all assets owned by him and his family in India and abroad by April 21
NOT IN INDIA
Mallya, 60, left India on March 2 as the creditor banks closed in on him to recover the huge loan amount owed by his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines
Mallya is understood to have left for UK on his diplomatic passport though his exact whereabouts are not known
OPTIONS FOR HIM
Mallya has the option of first appealing against the passport revocation if the govt decides on it, besides looking at other legal routes.