Bina Modi withdraws contempt petition against sons Lalit and Samir Modi
Godfrey Phillips director Bina Modi on Monday withdrew her contempt petition filed against her sons — Lalit and Samir Modi – in the Supreme Court.
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Her counsel told a Bench led by Justice Sanjeev Khanna that she is not “pressing the contempt” against her estranged son Samir's allegations that she assaulted him when he was trying to join the board meeting of the company.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowChief Executive Officer ProgrammeVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Chief Digital OfficerVisitIIM LucknowChief Operations Officer ProgrammeVisitBina wanted the apex court to initiate contempt proceedings against Lalit and Samir for their wilful disobedience of the order of the SC’s August 1, 2022 order that asked parties to refrain from making any disparaging statements on social media during mediation.
Since mediation between former IPL chairman Lalit Modi and his mother Bina to resolve their pending family dispute over a trust property named after Lalit’s father KK Modi under SC appointed mediator former judge R.V. Raveendran has failed, so no contempt would lie.
Bina in her contempt plea had alleged that her sons “have (and continue to) repeatedly publish contemptuous posts on social media and give contemptuous interviews to news outlets containing patent falsities in
