SC stays criminal proceedings against former Wipro chairman Azim Premji and others
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Last Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 09:38 PM IST
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A bench of Justices Sanjya Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy also issued notice to an NGO, Indian Awake for Transparency and others and sought their response.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed criminal proceedings against former chairman of
Wipro, Azim Premji, and his wife on their plea seeking quashing of the summons issued by a Bengaluru trial court on a 'frivolous and mischievous' complaint filed by an NGO alleging breach of trust and corruption in merger of three firms with a Premji group firm.