Mumbai, June 18 -- HDFC Bank Managing Director and CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, challenging the first information report (FIR) filed against him on a complaint by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMM Trust), which owns the Lilavati Hospital, a prominent healthcare institution in Mumbai.
However, the bench, headed by Justice A S Gadkari, recused themselves from hearing the case on Wednesday.
The matter will now be reassigned to a new bench.
The FIR, lodged earlier this month, has levelled serious allegations against Jagdishan, accusing him of accepting a Rs 2.05 crore bribe to aid the Chetan Mehta Group in allegedly retaining illegal control over the Trust.
The complaint claims that the...