Kapil Sibal emerged victorious in the SCBA presidential elections, securing over 1,000 votes, while his contender Pradeep Kumar Rai received over 650 votes. Other candidates in the race included Adish C Aggarwala, Priya Hingorani, Tripurari Ray, and Neeraj Srivastava.
The merger scheme has two stages: the transfer of Viacom18's TV and streaming assets to Digital18 and the demerger and vesting of these assets from Digital18 to Star India. As consideration for the scheme, Viacom18 will transfer streaming platform JioCinema to Digital18, which will pay the company a consideration of Rs 24,186 crore through an allotment of 24.18 billion fully paid-up shares of Rs 10 each.