Overview
- Indrani Mukerjea’s bid to travel overseas was turned away by the Supreme Court on Friday, which directed her to apply before the trial court and asked for a decision within four weeks.
- A bench of Justices M. M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh said their earlier order allowed only the trial court to consider such requests.
- In February 2025 the Supreme Court rejected a similar plea after noting no assurance of her return and urged the trial to finish within a year.
- The dispute grew after a special court permitted a 10-day trip to Spain and the United Kingdom on July 19, 2024, a decision the Bombay High Court overturned on September 27, 2024 following a CBI appeal.
- Mukerjea, on bail since May 2022 in the 2012 killing of her daughter Sheena Bora, denies the charges as the CBI-led trial continues.