REL creates vacancies in Board; Onus to fill on RIL
Wednesday, January 19 2005 16:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time - 
Mumbai:
Keeping up the heat on Mukesh Ambani headed-RIL (Reliance Infocomm Ltd), Reliance Energy Ltd (REL), controlled by younger brother Anil Ambani, today (Jan 19, 2005) accepted the resignations of two directors Amitabh Jhunjhunwala and J Ramachandran, creating vacancies in a bid to force the parent company RIL appoint the new nominees.
Spotlight: Battle of Ambanis
A meeting of the REL Board, convened on a single point agenda to approve financial results for the quarter ended December 2004, however, asked four other Directors, who had quit in the wake of the bitter family battle in the Reliance group, to withdraw their resignations.
The resignations of Jhunjhunwala, a nominee of RIL and a confidante of Anil, and Ramachandran, an independent director, were accepted at the meeting today.
The four whole-time directors -- Executive Vice Chairman Satish Sheth, J P Chalasani, S C Gupta and K H Mankad, who had quit as an expression of solidarity with Anil in November, withdrew their resignations.
Discuss this topic
Today's developments come in the wake of REL succeeding in getting the Articles of Association amended on appointment of Directors by the RIL after the parent company gave up its resistance.
Meanwhile, REL reported a 155 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 135 crore for the third quarter ending December 31, 2004, as against Rs 53 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
The Board also approved an interim dividend of Rs 1.10 per share.
PTI
Related Stories
Jhunjunwalla, Ramachandran resign from REL
REL net up 155 pc in Q3, interim dividend offered
| 
