In a big development in the Vijay Mallya case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will begin hearing on sentencing him in a contempt of court, in which he was held guilty in July 2017.
A bench headed by Justice U.U. Lalit has kept the urgent hearing on Mallya’s sentencing at 2 p.m. The bench asked the Centre’s counsel to inform Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to be present in the court with written instructions from the Ministry of External Affairs.
After the top court’s decision to begin hearing on Mallya’s sentencing, the delay in his extradition from the UK would not stand in the way of the apex court to pronounce the quantum of sentence.
