The presiding court in Geneva decided that Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal Hinduja received sentences of four years and six months apiece, while their son Ajay and his wife Namrata received terms of four years.
The Hindujas were found guilty of additional crimes after being exonerated on charges of human trafficking.
A Swiss court condemned four members of the richest family in Britain, the Hindujas, to prison on Friday. The judge described their behavior as "selfish" and chastised them for taking advantage of Indian personnel at their Geneva property.
The Hindujas were acquitted on charges of human trafficking but found guilty of other crimes. The family, whose estimated net wealth is £37 billion ($47 billion) based on the Sunday Times Rich List, was taken aback by this ruling.
The presiding court in Geneva decided that Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal Hinduja received sentences of four years and six months apiece, while their son Ajay and his wife Namrata received terms of four years.
Hindujas are who?
The family owns and runs the Hinduja Group, which has a wide range of commercial interests from lubricants to energy, real estate, healthcare, digital technology, infrastructure project development, and transportation.
Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja established the Hinduja Group's foundation in 1919 when he opened the first office outside of India in Iran, marking his entry into the global arena. The Group relocated to Europe in 1979 after keeping its headquarters in Iran.
Over the last century, the firm has broadened and diversified its commercial operations, while it began with merchant banking and trading. According to the official website, the Group now employs over 200,000 people and has offices in all of India's main cities as well as many other important locations across the globe.
The family is now ranked 146th wealthiest in the world and seventh richest in India, according to Forbes.
What charge(s) is the family facing?
The instances involve claims that the family seized the servants' passports after they were transported to Switzerland, and they are related to the family's custom of importing domestic help from their home country of India.
The prosecution claimed that the Hindujas provided their employees very little money and limited ability to leave the property.
The Hindujas responded to the directive by expressing their disgust and disappointment with the choice. "The allegations against our clients for human trafficking have been dropped. The Hinduja family's attorneys released a statement saying, "We are horrified and disappointed by the remainder of the decision made in this court of first instance, whereas we have, of course, filed an appeal to the higher court, making the remaining portion of the judgement not effective."
The presumption of innocence is maintained under Swiss law until the highest adjudicating authority's final decision is put into effect. They said that none of the family members are effectively detained, despite some media stories to the contrary.
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