THE Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on actor Rajpal Yadav for failing to honour his undertaking to deposit money towards the dues of a private firm in a long-running series of cheque-bounce cases. On September 15, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana gave the last opportunity of two weeks to the actor to come out with a concrete proposal to pay an outstanding amount to a private firm and directed him to deposit Rs 2 crore with the apex court registry. On Monday, the court was critical of the fact that despite expiry of two-week time, no payment has been made till today, that is October 5. “They (complainant) are not poor,” Yadav’s counsel said during the hearing. Justice Bagchi got irked and said, “They may be richer than you, but they are poor to the extent you have swindled them. This arrogance needs to be put in its right place. You should know when to open your mouth. Your place is in jail”. The bench directed that the payment should be made by Tuesday and listed the case for hearing on Wednesday as the first case. The bench said it could dismiss Yadav’s appeal but was reluctant to do so because it may jeopardise the complainant’s chances of recovering the money. The bench noted that Yadav had been directed to make the payment by Monday but had failed to comply. Yadav’s counsel produced a copy of a demand draft for Rs 50 lakh and submitted that the draft was being processed by the bank. “Is this genuine or not? We don’t know,” the bench said.