The Supreme Court issued a non-bailable warrant against Sahara chief Subrata Roy for his failure to appear in court on Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Non-bailable warrant against Subrata Roy

The Supreme Court issued a non-bailable warrant against Sahara chief Subrata Roy for his failure to appear in court on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. (BCCL/Uma Kadam)

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The Supreme Court has ordered the police to arrest him and produce him in court on March 4. (BCCL/Uma Kadam)

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The court issued the NBW after finding Subrata Roy not present in court today despite the February 20 order.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday had rejected Subrata Roy's request for exemption from personal appearance. Roy had cited his 95-year-old mother's illness as a reason. (BCCL/Uma Kadam)

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Roy, along with other directors of Sahara Real Estate and Sahara Housing - Shankar Dubey, Ashok Roy Choudhary and Vandana Bhargava - were last week directed by the court to appear before it on February 26 in a case relating to the two firms' alleged non-compliance with the SC's judgment of August 31, 2012, directing them to deposit Rs 24,000 crore with market regulator Sebi for refund to nearly three crore investors. (BCCL/Uma Kadam)

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A day before the mandated appearance before the court, Roy - through senior advocate Ram Jethmalani - requested a bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar for exemption from personal appearance, while assuring that other directors would be present before the court. (BCCL/Manoj Chhabra)

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The bench told Jethmalani that it was not going to modify any of its earlier orders, including the February 20 order asking for personal presence of Roy and others. (BCCL/Jignesh Mistry)

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The bench said, "Rule of law has to be maintained." (BCCL/Manoj Chhabra)

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There must be strict compliance of our orders, it added. Jethmalani said he would try to ensure full compliance of the court's order. The bench responded, "We will see your approach tomorrow and consider." (PTI)

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