On April 1, 2015 the Supreme Court (SC) of India granted anticipatory bail until further orders to karate exponent Vispy Kapadia who has been embroiled in a forgery case. Kapadia had challenged the rejection of pre-arrest bail by the Bombay High Court, reported The Times of India on April 2, 2015.
Senior jurist Fali Nariman, who appeared for Kapadia in the SC seeking relief for his client in the matter, argued that this was a "false” case and had its origins in the factional feuds in relation to the administration of sports bodies such as the Maharashtra Karate Association and the......