Waited sufficiently long, can’t wait any longer: SC on Vijay Mallya case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it had proposed to impose a sentence on fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a contempt case filed by the State Bank of India in 2017 as he continued to evade extradition from the UK.
A bench of Justices U.U. Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Bela Trivedi said it would pass appropriate orders on the quantum of punishment after hearing Mallya’s advocate and also appointed senior advocate Jaideep Gupta amicus curiae to assist the court in the matter.
Justice Lalit noted that Mallya’s advocate had been appearing in the matter at every hearing, “therefore, there’s no embargo on hearing the advocate on the sentence”.
