Chinese smartphone giant Oppo on Thursday told the Bengaluru bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that Byju’s owes it a payment of Rs 13 crore for pre-installing its apps on smartphones manufactured by the company. The matter was adjourned to July 3.
Sources close to Byju’s had earlier claimed that the amount owed to Oppo is around Rs 1 crore.
The latest development brings the total amount due to Byju’s creditors to above Rs 200 crore.
While the troubled edtech major reached a settlement with France-based vendor Teleperformance on Wednesday, a new insolvency plea by iEnergizer on the same day meant that the number of insolvency pleas against Byju’s continues to remain the same.
According to sources, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has the largest claim, amounting to around `158 crore. Surfer Technologies Pvt Ltd is seeking over Rs 2 crore from the company. Cogent E-services is owed over `6 crore, while Mcgraw Hill Education India has claimed around Rs 1.75 crore. iEnergizer Services has a claim of around `13 crore against Byju’s.