India, Feb. 6 -- National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Chennai judicial member Justice (retd) Sharad Kumar Sharma has recused himself from hearing an appeal by Riju Raveendran against an order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that reinstated BYJU'S lenders Glas Trust and Aditya Birla Finance into the debt-ridden edtech company's committee of creditors.

Justice Sharma said he has appeared for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as a lawyer in several cases and, therefore, cannot take up the matter, Bar and Bench reported.

It must be noted that the NCLT initiated insolvency proceedings against BYJU'S last year after the BCCI complained about the failure to recover $19 Mn in dues.

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