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The National Company Law Tribunal's principal bench has issued a showcause notice to fast food chain McDonald's, for not following an earlier order that it not interfere in the running of outlets given on franchise. In a previous order, the NCLT had said Vikram Bakshi should be reinstated as managing director of the joint venture, Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt Ltd (CPRL), between McDonalds and Bakshi. And, that all restaurants in the country's north and east function smoothly without hindrance. The tribunal felt McDonald's had violated this order and has asked it to respond on September 20.NCLT, however, also dismissed a case filed by Vikram Bakshi against McDonald's, on the ground that an appeal had already been filed before it on the dispute between the partners. The appeal was against McDonald's terminating the franchise agreement with CPRL for the markets in the north and east.Bakshi and McDonald's have been at loggerheads since 2013, when he was formally ousted as MD. Despite .