‘Like your movie, money is also Ata Pata Laapata’: CJI warns Rajpal Yadav over his conduct, says even actor's advocates could be cast in his films
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Star Rajpal Yadav appeared in person before the Supreme Court on Wednesday after the Court’s stern warning over his failure to deposit the amount due in a cheque-bounce case. As per the latest update from news agency ANI, the star told the Court that he would pay ₹ 2 crore rupees and showed a demand draft of ₹ 1.15 crore rupees. A buyer of his property, who is to pay the remaining ₹ 85 lakh, was also present in court.
Adding to this, Rajpal Yadav appeared before the Supreme Court over his failure to deposit the noted amount due in a cheque-bounce case. (File) (HT_PRINT) What the SC told Rajpal Yadav A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed Yadav to deposit ₹ 2 crore rupees towards the amount due to the complainant by October 13. The Court shared it would consider his plea against the Delhi High Court order which had convicted Yadav and imposed a three month sentence on him (for failing to make good payments against a loan from a private party) after the payment is made.
Meanwhile, Yadav’s counsel told the Court that he had gone to the Courts’ Registry to make the payment, but RTGS was not permissible. He therefore brought the ₹ 1.15 crore rupees demand draft. On the remaining ₹ 85 lakh, counsel shared the buyer of Yadav’s property was present and would make the payment.
Notably, The Court made it clear that the extensions were being granted only to secure payment to the complainant and warned Yadav over his conduct.“Law should not be utilised like this”, it shared. Justice Joymalya Bagchi questioned whether Yadav had suffered imprisonment and indicated that the Court could consider enhancement of his sentence.
As per the latest buzz, The case relates to a loan of around ₹ 5 crore rupees allegedly taken by Yadav from M/s Murli Projects Pvt Ltd in 2010 for his movie Ata Pata Laapata. Seven repayment cheques of ₹ 1.05 crore rupees each were subsequently dishonoured, leading to the cheque-bounce proceedings. The unpaid amount increased over the years with interest and other charges.
In further updates, After passing the order, the bench had an informal exchange with Yadav, who spoke about the losses suffered on account of Ata Pata Laapata. He shared around ₹ 200-250 crore rupees had been lost on the movie and that the producers had also suffered.
On top of that, The CJI referred to the movie’s title while commenting on the case. “Like your movie, your money is also Ata Pata Laapata, gayab (missing)”, the CJI remarked in jest. The CJI then advised him to make a good movie and entertain people. In jest, he added that advocates appearing before the Supreme Court were also good actors and could be cast in his films.
Rajpal Yadav also told the Court that despite the losses from the movie, he was being pursued over the ₹ 5 crore rupees liability.
Source: Hindustan Times