SC refuses to go order on plea towards Lalit Modi’s remarks, says events mature sufficient
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to go any order on a plea alleging that former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi made “scurrilous” remarks towards former lawyer normal and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi in a social media publish.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh mentioned events are mature sufficient to not make such statements and requested the legal professionals to kind out the difficulty.
“It is nothing but extension of outburst of a family member. Don’t take it too far. Whenever you start fighting out in public, it is always detrimental. We are not passing orders but you use your good office to ensure that remedial measures are taken,” the bench noticed orally.
On August 1 final yr, the Supreme Court appointed former apex court docket decide Justice R V Raveendran as a mediator to settle a household property dispute involving the previous IPL head and his mom Bina Modi.
Senior advocate Rohatgi is likely one of the counsels representing Bina Modi within the vexatious property dispute. At the outset, senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted earlier than the bench there was an endeavor that there can be no posts whereas mediation was happening.
“Comments are being made while the mediation is going on. These should be taken down. This is a violation of the court orders,” Sibal mentioned.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, showing for Lalit Modi, mentioned there was no breach of the court docket order and this was simply an indignant outburst.
The prime court docket was apprised that mediation course of between the events was underway. Lalit Modi had made some remark about Rohatgi in an Instagram publish. Later, although one other publish, he reportedly apologised to the senior advocate.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to go any order on a plea alleging that former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi made “scurrilous” remarks towards former lawyer normal and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi in a social media publish.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh mentioned events are mature sufficient to not make such statements and requested the legal professionals to kind out the difficulty.
“It is nothing but extension of outburst of a family member. Don’t take it too far. Whenever you start fighting out in public, it is always detrimental. We are not passing orders but you use your good office to ensure that remedial measures are taken,” the bench noticed orally.
On August 1 final yr, the Supreme Court appointed former apex court docket decide Justice R V Raveendran as a mediator to settle a household property dispute involving the previous IPL head and his mom Bina Modi.
Senior advocate Rohatgi is likely one of the counsels representing Bina Modi within the vexatious property dispute. At the outset, senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted earlier than the bench there was an endeavor that there can be no posts whereas mediation was happening.
“Comments are being made while the mediation is going on. These should be taken down. This is a violation of the court orders,” Sibal mentioned.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, showing for Lalit Modi, mentioned there was no breach of the court docket order and this was simply an indignant outburst.
The prime court docket was apprised that mediation course of between the events was underway. Lalit Modi had made some remark about Rohatgi in an Instagram publish. Later, although one other publish, he reportedly apologised to the senior advocate.
