SC will surely make Vijay Mallya face the music: Prosecution lawyer

After the Supreme Court found liquor baron Vijay Mallya guilty of contempt and summoned him to personally appear on July 10, lawyer representing SBI consortium, Soumik Ghoshal on Tuesday said that if Mallya is not able to give reasons for the contempt of court then he will be punished.

“This is not a conviction but there is definitely an order which holds him in contempt. The problem that he has faced with currently is that he has not made full and proper disclosure of his total assets. There is an expectation that if Vijay Mallya is not able to give reasons for the contempt of court then he will be punished,” Ghoshal told ANI.

He added that Mallya did not mention anywhere about the amount he got for getting removed from United Breweries.

“He will be present in court and he will have to face questions by the court on why he should not be held for contempt. I think he should be punished. My expectation is that he will have to face the punishment under the contempt of court act,” he said.

Ghoshal further said that it was a high time that an order was passed against him.

“He received a certain amount of …read more