{"id":590,"date":"2018-01-18T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=590"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:40:03","slug":"sc-to-hear-vijay-mallya-s-contempt-case-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/sc-to-hear-vijay-mallya-s-contempt-case-today\/","title":{"rendered":"SC to hear Vijay Mallya&#8217;s contempt case today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0<strong>business-standard.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">The Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0on Friday is scheduled to pronounce a quantum of sentence against\u00a0liquor\u00a0baron and businessman Vijay Mallya in connection with the contempt of\u00a0court\u00a0case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">In the last hearing, the apex\u00a0court\u00a0had convicted him for contempt of\u00a0court\u00a0and summoned him to personally appear on July 10. Subsequently, the hearing was adjourned till July 14.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1490771277198-0\" class=\"article-middle-banner\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; height: 0px;\" data-google-query-id=\"CMW-jN7th9UCFUoTaAod6g8LhQ\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">The apex\u00a0court\u00a0was hearing a plea by a consortium of banks, which moved the apex\u00a0court\u00a0after Mallya received loan of USD 40 million from a British firm, Diageo Plc, in February 2016, and allegedly transferred the money to his children, instead of repaying the loans that he owes to the banks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">The absconding businessman was arrested by the\u00a0Scotland\u00a0Yard last month on\u00a0fraud\u00a0allegations, which triggered his extradition process in the British courts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">However, Mallya was released on bail as he assured the\u00a0court\u00a0to abide by all conditions associated with extradition proceedings, including surrendering his passport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">On February 8,\u00a0India\u00a0had given a formal extradition request for Mallya through a note verbale (verbal note).\u00a0India\u00a0had given a formal extradition request for Mallya as per the extradition treaty between\u00a0India\u00a0and UK through a note verbale, a diplomatic communication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) had also reached London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">Last month, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed that the 61-year-old&#8217;s extradition had been stratified by the Secretary of State of the U.K. Government and added that a warrant would soon be released against him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">The UK&#8217;s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will argue the case on behalf of the Indian authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 24px !important; padding: 2px 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 12px !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px !important;\">Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines allegedly owes more than Rs 9,000 crore to various banks, had fled\u00a0India\u00a0on March 2, 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/sc-to-hear-vijay-mallya-s-contempt-case-today\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0business-standard.com The Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0on Friday is scheduled to pronounce a quantum of sentence against\u00a0liquor\u00a0baron and businessman Vijay Mallya in connection with the contempt of\u00a0court\u00a0case. 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