Will knock the door of SC if rights of Himachal Pradesh not given by the Centre: CM
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has said that he will meet the Union Ministers to release the aid to Himachal under the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA).
In fresh development to the case involving Sahara chief Subrata Roy and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Supreme Court on Monday extended former’s parole till 5 July and granted him 10 more working days to deposit Rs. 709.82 crore with the Sahara-SEBI refund account.
The top court had on 27 April extended Roy's parole till 19 June and warned him imprisoned if he failed to pay the amount.
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In a written undertaking, Subrata Roy told the top court that he would pay Rs.1,500 crore in SEBI-Sahara account by 15 June and furnished a post-dated cheque for Rs.552 crore to be released by 15 July.
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The Sahara group had submitted three cheques for Rs. 1,500 crore and the other two are of Rs. 500 crore and Rs. 3,000 crore.
As per reports, the apex court had on 17 April asked Bombay High Court's official liquidator to sell the Rs. 34,000 crore worth of properties of the Aamby Valley owned by the Sahara Group and directed its chief Roy to personally appear before it on 28 April.
The top court had on 6 April said if the Sahara Group failed to deposit Rs. 5,092.6 crore in SEBI-Sahara refund account by 17 April in pursuance of its order, it will be compelled to auction its property valued at Rs.39,000 crore at Aamby Valley in Pune.
Earlier, a special SEBI court had quashed a non-bailable warrant against Roy as he appeared before the court. The warrant was also quashed on grounds that Roy will appear in all hearings now as the court asked him to submit an undertaking for the same.
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