Franklin Templeton: Will first deal with e-voting objection, says SC

Earlier, the apex court had asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to appoint an observer for overseeing the e-voting process

The Supreme Court Monday said it would first deal with issues related to objection to the e-voting process for winding up Franklin Templeton's six mutual fund schemes and distribution of money to unitholders.

A Bench comprising Justices S A Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna posted the matter for hearing on February 1 after one of the lawyers, appearing in the case, referred to a recent media report and sought time to file an application placing on record certain new facts.

The Bench permitted the lawyer to file application within three days and said that response to the plea be filed within three days