 "NCLAT chairman S J Mukhopadhaya. Illustration: Ajay Mohanty")
Expect the unexpected when waiting for retired Justice Sudhanshu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya currently chairman of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), to deliver a judgment.
He is best known for his 2013 order that recriminalised homosexuality by upholding the British-era Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The judgment was later overturned by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
Mukhopadhyaya’s latest ruling restoring Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman came as a rude shock to the salt-to-software behemoth.
In his post-retirement stint as NCLAT chairperson, the 69-year-old has ruffled many feathers with his judgments in matters related to the insolvency and bankruptcy
