HC stays arrest warrants in Laxmi Vilas sale case

JODHPUR: In a relief to three of the accused in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel

disinvestment

case, the Rajasthan high court on Tuesday stayed the CBI court order to summon the accused, including former Union disinvestment secretary Pradeep Baijal, by arrest warrant and directed them to appear before the court on October 8 to furnish personal bonds and sureties.


The accused, Lazard India Limited MD Ashish Guha and

Bharat Hotels

Limited MD

Jyotsana Suri

— apart from Baijal — had moved the HC seeking stay on the interim order of the CBI court. Justice Dinesh Mehta also directed the petitioners not to leave India without permission and listed the matter for hearing on October 15.