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Former AirAsia CEO Chandilya files petition against company's civil suit

The allegation that Chandilya was involved in fraudulent transactions of Rs 220 million during his tenure was based on the audit report

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Surajeet Das Gupta
Lawyers representing Mittu Chandilya, former CEO of AirAsia India, have filed a petition seeking rejection of the company’s civil suit against its ex-employee. 

The petition, filed in Bengaluru’s civil court, has questioned the maintainability of the Deloitte forensic report — on the basis of which the civil suit was initiated — without permission of the company tribunal as per Section 131 of the Companies Act. “Our plea for rejecting the suit for recovery of the money has been admitted and AirAsia India has been asked to respond by June 27,” said Srinivas Mohanty, Chandilya’s advocate. AirAsia India said it would not

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