Union Bank of India classifies RCOM & RTL loan accounts as 'Fraud'
Union Bank of India has classified the loan accounts of Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) and its subsidiary, Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL), as ‘Fraud’. Both companies are currently undergoing CIRP.
The classification of loan accounts as fraud by a major bank can have significant legal and financial implications for the company and its stakeholders, especially considering the ongoing CIRP.
The announcement discloses that Union Bank of India has classified the loan accounts of the company and its subsidiary as fraud, which is a negative event.
* Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) has received a letter from Union Bank of India stating that the bank has classified the loan accounts of the company as ‘Fraud’. * Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL), a subsidiary of RCOM, has also received a similar letter from Union Bank of India regarding the classification of its loan accounts as ‘Fraud’. * The letters were both dated December 4, 2025, and received on December 8, 2025. * RCOM and RTL are undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. * Resolution plans for both companies have been approved by the committees of creditors and are awaiting approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench. * The credit facilities/loans pertain to the period prior to the CIRP of the companies and are required to be resolved as part of the resolution plan or in liquidation. * The resolution professional of RCOM and RTL has filed avoidance applications with the NCLT regarding certain transactions, and the treatment will be in accordance with the decision of the NCLT and the resolution plan. * During the CIRP, both companies are protected from the institution/continuation of any suits/proceedings, including the execution of any judgement, decree or order. * Section 32A of the Code grants protection to a corporate debtor against any liability for an offence committed prior to the commencement of its CIRP, from the date the resolution plan has been approved by the NCLT. * Legal advice is being sought on the way forward with respect to this development.
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Reliance Communications Limited filed this with the NSE as a statutory disclosure, categorised under fraud/defaults disclosure. It is a primary document, not a recommendation, and the desk marks it high impact, which is the band that most often changes something.
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