SC to hear arguments on sentencing of Vijay Mallya in contempt case at 2 p.m. today
The Hindu
The Bench said there was no impediment for the court to hear the case on the matter of sentencing as an advocate was representing the fugitive businessman in the case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it intended to hear the Union of India and fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya’s lawyer on the issue of his sentence for contempt.
A Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to be present in court at 2 p.m.
“We will list the matter for sentencing,” Justice Lalit said in the hearing.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.