‘Waited for long’, SC to decide punishment for Vijay Mallya in Jan

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has waited for sufficiently long, and the process to award punishment to Vijay Mallya in a contempt of court, in which he was held guilty in July 2017, must get over. The top court has scheduled the matter for disposal in January, where it will decide the quantum of punishment for him.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted a note by the Ministry of External Affairs for the court’s consideration.

A bench headed by Justice U.U. Lalit, citing the note, said that Mallya’s extradition proceedings have attained finality, as he has exhausted all avenues of appeal in the UK. However, certain confidential proceedings are going on and the UK has not disclosed the details of these proceedings.