New Delhi: On Wednesday, the Supreme Court has ordered Vijay Mallya to be present before March 30 along with his passport, after confirming that the business man had left the country.
Mallya, the chairman of the UB Group and a Rajya Sabha member, is facing legal proceedings for allegedly defaulting on loans worth Rs 9,000 crore. A consortium of banks has moved the court seeking the freezing of his passport. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the Bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and
On Wednesday, Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi told the Bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice R F Narima that Mallya had left the country, possibly for the UK, on March 2 — the day the banks had appealed against him at the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT).
“I spoke to the CBI little while ago and it told me that on March 2 he (Mallya) left the country,” said Rohatgi.
The Bench then served a notice on Mallya, seeking his response within two weeks.
As the business tycoon has already left the country, the Bench allowed the plea of the AG that the notice can be served on Mallya through his official Rajya Sabha email, the Indian High Commission in London, and also through the counsel representing him before various high courts, the DRT and also through his company.
