Vijay Mallya must appear before October 5: Supreme Court to MHA

Apex court dismisses his plea seeking review of the 2017 verdict

The Supreme Court on Monday directed fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to appear before it on October 5 while dismissing his plea seeking review of the 2017 verdict which held him guilty of contempt for transferring $40 million to his children in violation of court orders.

The top court also directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to facilitate and ensure the presence of Mallya before it in October.

Mallya, an accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, is in the United Kingdom.

A Bench of Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan, while dismissing