United Spirits' (USL) stake sale to British liquor major Diageo suffered a setback as the Karnataka High Court on Friday annulled the sale.
A division bench of the high court set aside the order of a single judge that allowed the sale of 7 per cent shares in the Vijay Mallya-owned company in May.
The order was in response to a winding-up petition by the creditors of the holding company United Breweries (Holdings) or UBHL.
UBHL had given a corporate guarantee to the creditors of Kingfisher Airlines, which has ceased operations.
The division bench ruling has now put a question over Diageo's stake purchase in USL from UBHL and the matter is now dependent on winding-up petitions filed in the court against UBHL by creditors of Kingfisher Airlines.
The development comes nearly five months after Diageo completed the transaction, acquiring a majority stake in USL.
The division bench comprising Justices N Kumar and Rathnakala stated in its order on Friday that the court which allowed the stake sale in May did not have jurisdiction to pass its order as the winding- up petitions had not been admitted at that time. The share transaction was not valid as a result, the bench ruled.
A single judge of the high court had on May 24 given UBHL permission to sell the 1.35 crore shares to Diageo on the condition that it deposit Rs 250 crore in court as a guarantee to Kingfisher Airlines' creditors.
Following the court clearance, Diageo picked up a 26 per cent stake in United Spirits including a 7 per cent share held by UBHL at a total cost of Rs 5,707 crore.
The division bench also asked for Rs 379 crore to be deposited with the court as guarantee along with the Rs 250 crore already deposited.
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