India's Yes Bank slumps after Supreme Court ruling on AT1 bonds

Yes Bank

15/10/2026 10:06

** Shares of India's Yes Bank YESB.NS fall 10% to 19.08 rupees
** Stock drops after Supreme Court upholds Bombay High Court ruling quashing write-off of 84 billion rupees ($884.47 million)worth of company's additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds
** Supreme Court holds write-off of AT1 bonds by Yes Bank's administrator illegal and arbitrary as it violated government's final reconstruction scheme, according to lawyer representing the bondholders
** Bonds were written down to zero during RBI-led rescue of Yes Bank in March 2020, wiping out bondholders' investments and prompting legal challenges 
** The Bombay High Court quashed write-off in 2023
** YESB stock rated "sell" on average by 13 analysts, median PT at 22 rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Stock down 10.56%, YTD

($1 = 94.9725 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru)
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