After a long-drawn battle with McDonald’s, Vikram Bakshi, the joint-venture partner in Connaught Plaza Restaurants, which runs the US food major’s restaurant chain in north and east India, has had a major win. On Thursday, the National Company Law Tribunal ordered that he be reinstated as managing director (MD) of the company — a position from which he was ousted in August 2013. In a chat with Surajeet Das Gupta, he says his priority is to resolve food safety issues. Edited excerpts:
Does the judgment vindicate your stand?
With my restoration as MD, justice has prevailed and I feel vindicated.
