New Delhi, October 5 (Daily Kiran) : Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav is facing renewed legal challenges as the Supreme Court expressed strong discontent with his conduct in a check bounce case. During a hearing on Monday, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohan, criticized Yadav for failing to adhere to court orders regarding payment.
The court noted that Yadav had been granted multiple opportunities to deposit the owed amount but had not complied fully. It emphasized that leniency had been shown in hopes of recovering some funds for the complainant.
Justice Chandrachud remarked that had there been no expectation of the complainant receiving any money back, the court might have considered dismissing Yadav’s appeal against his conviction. The actor was given a final chance to comply with the court’s directive by Tuesday, with a subsequent hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
This case involves seven long-standing check bounce incidents. In 2010, Yadav secured approximately ₹5 crores from Murli Projects Private Limited to finance his film “Atata Pata Lapata.” However, after the film underperformed, disputes arose over repayment.
According to the complainant, a settlement reached in 2012 involved Yadav, his wife Radha, and their company agreeing to return around ₹11 crores, including interest. In 2013, Yadav issued seven checks totaling ₹1.05 crores, which subsequently bounced.
Murli Projects then filed seven separate cases for the bounced checks. In April 2018, a magistrate court convicted Yadav and sentenced him to six months in prison. The case progressed through the sessions court and then to the Delhi High Court, where attempts for a stay on the sentence and negotiations for payment continued over the years. In July 2026, the High Court upheld Yadav’s conviction and imposed a three-month sentence for each of the seven cases.
In February 2026, Yadav was also ordered to serve time after the High Court revoked his relief due to repeated failures to meet payment commitments. The court had highlighted that he had been given numerous chances to fulfill his obligations to the complainant.
Following this, Yadav appealed the Delhi High Court’s decision to the Supreme Court. On September 8, the Supreme Court granted him temporary relief from surrendering, conditional on depositing ₹5 crores with the court registry.
When the case returned to the Supreme Court on September 15, Yadav requested additional time to make the deposit. The court granted him a final opportunity to deposit ₹2 crores within two weeks and to present a solid proposal for the remaining amount, extending his interim relief until October 5.
During Monday’s hearing, the Supreme Court reiterated its firm stance on Yadav’s compliance with payment orders and court directives.
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