'Lalit Modi Made Scurrilous Allegations Against My Colleague Mukul Rohatgi' : Kapil Sibal Tells Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that IPL founder Lalit Modi has made "scurrilous allegations" against Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi in social media, violating an undertaking given to the Court that he will refrain from making such statements.

The property settlement dispute relating to Lalit Modi's family is pending before the Supreme Court.

"In this matter, there is a family dispute. The Modi family dispute. There was an undertaking given before the Court that no statements will be made in social media. But scurrilous statements have been made against my colleague Mukul Rohatgi. This cannot be allowed, it is a violation of this court's order", Sibal mentioned before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

CJI told Sibal that the matter is posted on February 14. Sibal however requested for an earlier date, so that an order can be passed to take down the statements. He handed over the transcripts of the statements to the bench, which also comprised Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala.

After seeing the document, the bench agreed to grant an earlier date and listed the matter next Friday. Sibal said that Modi has made other statements too which are objectionable.

Lalit Modi, who is currently living in United Kingdom, had recently made statements in his Instagram page against Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi over the latter calling him a "fugitive". Few days ago, he made another Instagram post expressing apology for his comments against Rohatgi.

A special leave petition filed by Lalit Modi challenging a Delhi High Court judgment which held as maintainable the the anti-arbitration suit filed by his mother Bina Modi and siblings is pending in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had earlier relegated the parties to mediation.