The decades-long sibling war among the Kirloskar brothers will have to wait for the decision of the larger five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court which is currently hearing several petitions on arbitration. The Kirloskars are fighting a legal war over group assets with Sanjay Kirloskar, the 65-year old chairman of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) on one side, and his brothers, Atul, 66, and Rahul, 59, on the other side.
The three are sons of Chandrakant Kirloskar and the grandsons of noted industrialist S L Kirloskar.
The Supreme Court had asked the brothers to settle their pending issues via mediation as