Contempt of court: SC orders Vijay Mallya to appear before it on October 5

In a setback for Vijay Mallya, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered him to be present before it on October 5 in a case related to contempt of court for transferring a $40-million payment from Diageo Plc to his three children.
It also directed the government (the ministry of home affairs) ‘to facilitate and ensure’ Mallya’s presence before it on October 5, the next date of hearing.

A Bench led by Justice UU Lalit, while rejecting the UB Group chairman’s petition seeking review of its 2017 order that held him guilty of contempt of court for transferring $40 million to his children, did not find any “error apparent on record” to justify interference.