Overview

• Sashidhar Jagdishan has challenged a May 31 FIR that accuses him of accepting ₹2.05 crore to help the Chetan Mehta group retain control over the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust.
• The complaint rests on diary entries and cash register photocopies that trustees say document systematic misuse of hospital trust funds.
• Two division bench judges and a third jurist have recused themselves, and the matter is now scheduled for a fresh hearing on June 23.
• HDFC Bank dismisses the allegations as baseless and contends the FIR is a retaliatory move against its recovery proceedings for Splendour Gems Ltd’s ₹65.22 crore loan default.
• The trust has also filed a separate FIR accusing former trustees of embezzling ₹2.25 crore, deepening the dispute over governance and financial management of Lilavati Hospital.