SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

The Supreme Court today refused to pass any interim order for allowing Sahara chief Subrata Roy to go abroad before his group files a review petition seeking to modify the court's earlier order restraining him from leaving.

A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and A K Sikri, before which the matter was mentioned by Sahara's counsel, said it cannot pass any order until an application is filed and asked the group to file review plea if it wants modification in the earlier order.

Senior advocate C A Sundaram, appearing for the Group, submitted that he is not seeking review of the order but only pointing out the difference in the decision which was uploaded on the Supreme Court website and the order passed in the open court.

The bench, however, was not satisfied with his arguments and said, "You have to file review" and only then it can be considered.

Sahara had yesterday moved the apex court claiming that there was a mistake in its October 28 order restraining Roy from leaving the country till it hands over title deeds of its properties worth Rs 20,000 crore to SEBI.

Its counsel had said that while passing the order, the apex court had said if documents are not handed over to the market regulator within three weeks only then Roy would be restrained from going abroad.

Holding that it was playing "hide and seek" and cannot be trusted any more, the court had directed Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of its properties to SEBI.