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Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Bansi Lal Bhagat J., Member\u00a0 regarding the appeal of the petitioner, who claims to be a promoter, regarding excessive voting rights given to L&amp;T Finance (Financial Creditor).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The brief facts being that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had directed the Resolution Professional to grant proportionate rights to L&amp;T, which had been challenged here in this case by the appellant regarding the rights granted not to be just and proper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was held by this Tribunal, that the appellant, who was found to be a promoter\/director of the corporate debtor, had no locus standi to challenge the voting rights of any financial creditor. It was also held that with respect to Section 29-A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, that the appellant was not a \u2018connected person\u2019 to file the case. 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