Supreme Court Sentence 4 Months jail term to Vijay Mallya

New Delhi: Supreme Court awarded 4-month jail sentence and imposed Rs 2000 fine on fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya who was found guilty of contempt of court in 2017 for withholding information from the court.

The Supreme Court also ordered Mallya’s family members to return USD 40 million transferred to them in violation of the court orders.

The Supreme Court bench comprising justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha on March 10 had reserved its order in the case observing that proceedings against the liquor baron had hit a ‘dead wall’.