New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and his family members will get the highest Z+ security cover throughout India and abroad as per a Supreme Court direction.
The entire expenses and cost of providing the highest level of Z+ security cover within the territory of India or abroad shall be borne by the family, the court said. A bench of justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed these directions on Monday, news agency ANI reported.
The court said it found that the Security Cover provided to the respondent Mukesh Ambani and his family has been the subject matter of controversy at different places and in different High Courts.
“Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are of the considered opinion that if there is a security threat, the security cover provided and that too at own expense of the respondents, cannot be restricted to a particular area or place of stay. Looking into the business activities of respondents nos. 2 to 6 (Mukesh Ambani and his family) within the country as also outside the country, the very purpose of providing security cover would stand frustrated, if the same is restricted to a particular place or area,” the court said.
