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Court notices in Escorts case

Staff Reporter

Contempt petition by Anil Nanda

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited (EHIRCL) and two of its executives on a contempt petition by Anil Nanda, former member of the Governing Body of EHIRC, accusing the respondents of violating the Court's order to maintain the status quo "till further orders'' in the matter of sale of EHIRC to the Ranbaxy-controlled Fortis Health Care Limited in September this year.

Justice Anil Kumar directed the respondents to file their replies to the petition by December 15.

Taking a suit filed by Anil Nanda, younger brother of Rajan Nanda, Chairman of EHIRCL, seeking restoration of the Institute to its original status of a charitable trust on record, Mr. Justice Kumar had on September 30 this year stayed the proceedings further to the sale of the trust.

In the petition, Anil Nanda said that he wanted initiation of contempt proceedings against the contemnors for deliberately and wilfully violating the order of September 30.

He submitted that the Financial Controller of EHIRCL had issued a cheque to the Income Tax Department here post sale.

He further stated that the contemnors had also offered a huge sum of Rs.100 crores to permit running of EHIRCL as a commercial enterprise on a land which was leased to a charitable society.

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