The UK High Court has ordered absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya to pay 13 Indian banks a minimum of 2 lakh pounds (1.8 crore approx) in legal fees by July 5.
As part of the judgment, the court has also ordered Mallya, to pay costs towards registration of the worldwide freezing order and of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) of Karnataka’s judgment in Britain, PTI reported. “The court ordered that Mallya pay the banks’ costs. The standard order is that the court will assess those costs unless the parties can otherwise agree a figure for what should be paid,” a legal expert familiar with the case told the news agency.
Last month, the UK High court had already refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya’s assets and said that he can be regarded as a “fugitive from justice”. Social media users reacted to the monetary penalty with a pinch of salt. While some lauded the ruling calling it a good beginning, other termed the court order too little too late.
Too less for a case of 9000 cr. _200,000 = 2 cr. Which is 0.02%
— Lone Crusader (@seriousfunnyguy) June 16, 2018
If you have a 9000 INR crores scam behind you + your father’s money+ properties worth billions of dollars,then 200,000 pounds are peanuts.@TheVijayMallya
— Lakad_haara (@PrakaashL) June 15, 2018
Its not even a quarter million pounds.
Unth ke muh me jeera.
Drop in the ocean.Long live Mallya, you have inspired every Indian that they can also loot & scoot India under Modi because it is too easy.
— manav (@manavjivan) June 15, 2018
200k pounds is like peanuts for him… he must be chilling with his cigar.
— ____ ____ (@Kannada_Pride) June 15, 2018
he is sure to disappear from Britain.
— chetan (@chetan_vira) June 15, 2018
Then there were some who welcomed the order
A strong political will has finally begun to bring in results. More will follow simply because the intent of the “will” is honest.
— rajeev khullar (@rajeevkhullar20) June 15, 2018
Great going! Indian Govt ensuring dead end to all roads for @VijayMalllya
— SSB (@ssbawa1) June 15, 2018
