SC set to pass order in Mallya case

AG Mukul Rohatgi tells SC that deportation of Mallya from the UK to India is being sought

The consortium led by State Bank of India, represented by Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi, told the Supreme Court that the government is pursuing its effort to extradite beleagured industrialist Vijay Mallya and till he appears before the court, none of his application should be entertained. The majesty of the court is involved, he said on the concluding day of the hearing of contempt of court petition against Mallya who is now in England. The court reserved its order on the petition moved by the consortium, but it did not give any date for the delivery of the decision.

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