The Supreme Court on Tuesday stated it is going to hear the contempt of court docket case in opposition to Vijay Mallya on January 18, 2022, because the Center continues its efforts to extradite the fugitive businessman to India.
If Mallya, who resides within the United Kingdom, for any cause doesn’t seem earlier than the Court on that day, he shall hear counsel on his behalf, dwell legislation knowledgeable of.
The court docket stated, ‘We have waited for a very long time, now we can’t wait any longer. The contempt case in opposition to Vijay Mallya must see the sunshine of day at some stage and the method should come to an finish. ,
The high court docket requested senior advocate Jaideep Gupta to help within the matter as an amicus curiae.
Vijay Mallya is an accused within the over Rs 9,000 crore financial institution mortgage default case involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines. He was convicted of contempt of court docket in 2017 for failing to reveal transfers of $40 million into his youngsters’s accounts and for ignoring summons to look in court docket.
The 2017 order adopted a plea by a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI), which stated that Vijay Mallya allegedly owed the quantity to his youngsters in “blatant violation” of assorted judicial orders. was transferred.
The court docket had earlier rejected the plea by advocate EC Agarwal to discharge him as counsel for Mallya within the contempt case, which is being heard by a bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Bela Trivedi.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
