The case involves a dispute over a share purchase agreement and a Letter of Undertaking between Multi-Commodity Exchange India Limited (MCX), MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX), IL&FS, and La-Fin Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (La-Fin). IL&FS agreed to purchase shares of MCX-SX from MCX. La-Fin, as a group company of MCX, issued a Letter of Undertaking to IL&FS, promising to purchase the shares back from IL&FS after a certain period. When IL&FS exercised its option to sell the shares, La-Fin refused to purchase them. This led to a series of legal actions, including a suit for specific performance by IL&FS in the Bombay High Court and a winding-up petition against La-Fin. The winding-up petition was initially filed in the Bombay High Court and
…On August 20, 2009, a share purchase agreement was executed between Multi-Commodity Exchange India Limited (MCX), MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX), and IL&FS, where IL&FS agreed to purchase 442 lakh equity shares of MCX-SX from MCX. La-Fin, as a group company of MCX, issued a Letter of Undertaking to IL&FS on August 20, 2009, stating that it would offer to purchase the shares of MCX-SX from IL&FS after one year but before three years from the date of investment. This three-year period expired in August 2012. On August 3, 2012, IL&FS exercised its option to sell its entire holding of shares in MCX-SX and called upon La-Fin to purchase them. On August 16, 2012, La-Fin replied that it was under no legal or contractual obligation to buy the shares.
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The case involves a dispute over a share purchase agreement and a Letter of Undertaking between Multi-Commodity Exchange India Limited (MCX), MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX), IL&FS, and La-Fin Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (La-Fin). IL&FS agreed to purchase shares of MCX-SX from MCX. La-Fin, as a group company of MCX, issued a Letter of Undertaking to IL&FS, promising to purchase the shares back from IL&FS after a certain period. When IL&FS exercised its option to sell the shares, La-Fin refused to purchase them. This led to a series of legal actions, including a suit for specific performance by IL&FS in the Bombay High Court and a winding-up petition against La-Fin. The winding-up petition was initially filed in the Bombay High Court and
…On August 20, 2009, a share purchase agreement was executed between Multi-Commodity Exchange India Limited (MCX), MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX), and IL&FS, where IL&FS agreed to purchase 442 lakh equity shares of MCX-SX from MCX. La-Fin, as a group company of MCX, issued a Letter of Undertaking to IL&FS on August 20, 2009, stating that it would offer to purchase the shares of MCX-SX from IL&FS after one year but before three years from the date of investment. This three-year period expired in August 2012. On August 3, 2012, IL&FS exercised its option to sell its entire holding of shares in MCX-SX and called upon La-Fin to purchase them. On August 16, 2012, La-Fin replied that it was under no legal or contractual obligation to buy the shares.
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