Occupation Before Finality: How Piramal’s Takeover of DHFL Allegedly Subverted Due Process with BJP’s Institutional Enablement
Occupation Before Finality: How Piramal’s Takeover of DHFL Allegedly Subverted Due Process with BJP’s Institutional Enablement Posted on 15th September, 2025 (GMT 03:10 hrs) ABSTRACT The DHFL insolvency reveals how India’s ill-conceived IBC framework enabled “occupation before finality,” letting Ajay Piramal allegedly seize control despite pending appeals—turning depositors into guinea pigs in a neoliberal lab. Cobrapost exposed DHFL’s links to Dawood Ibrahim and Iqbal Mirchi networks, funnelling BJP donations as terror-financing in the name of political donations, while Piramal’s own Electoral Bonds, PM CARES, and Flashnet ties deepened the crony nexus with the BJP. What emerged was not resolution but reportedly an oligarchic lawfare, where judicial pliancy, executive patronage, and opaque financing converged into a paradigm of selective justice and political capture. DISCLAIMER: This article is intended solely for informational, academic, and public interest purposes. It i...