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Masala Indian Restaurants in Auckland.

20 June 2017 Seized Masala properties net $8m after tax evasion settlement. Stuff. The Mt Eden property sold for $3.61 million, Stanmore Bay for $1.73m and Birkenhead for $2.54m.
19 March 2017 Head of Masala restaurant chain Joti Jain leaves country. Stuff.
5 November 2016 Restaurant boss fights deportation after mistreating workers. RNZ.
28 October 2016 Masala boss sentenced to home detention. NBR. RNZ story Rupinder Singh Chahil was sentenced today to six months' home detention and ordered to pay $2500 in reparation after admitting providing false and misleading information to an immigration officer.
15 July 2016 Masala restaurant directors fined for contempt. NZ Herald.
6 July 2016 Masala mansions pulled from sale following asset freeze. NZ Herald. 10 residences valued at $14m belonging to troubled restaurant empire are no longer up for mortgagee auction.
2 June 2016 Masala director says someone must have impersonated him. Stuff.
20 April 2016 Ingredients of Masala's $34m restraining order opposed. NBR.April 20, 2016.
10 March 2016 Court Report: More Masala misgivings. NBR. March 10, 2016.
9 March 2016
- Masala accused of further contempt, affidavits 'simply not true'. NBR. March 9, 2016.
- Criminal asset seizures worth $382 million. NBR. March 8, 2016. Article says Masala's $34m restraining order is "believed to be the country’s single-biggest asset restraint order."
- Masala document stoush heats up nzherald
17 February 2016 Judge orders compliance within 10 working days. About 200 boxes of documents must be handed over. Ruling comes after 6 months of non complaince. Further fixture on 7 March 2016 to monitor compliance. Contempt of Court.
- Masala bosses must hand over documents. NZ Herald. 17 February 2016.
- Masala bosses in High Court after documents 'vanish'. Stuff. 17 February 2016.
- UPDATE: Judge orders Masala's 'complete, candid and timely compliance'. NBR. February 17, 2016.
13 February 2016 From hot food, to frozen assets NZ Herald.
12 February 2016
- The ingredients of a $34 million Masala empire. NBR. February 12, 2016.
- Court Report: Takeaways from Masala. NBR. February 11, 2016.
6 February 2016: Assets frozen by High Court on 10 December 2015.
- The court order was issued on 10 December but not made public till now. Assets frozen include 33 commercial and residential properties was valued at more than $6.9m and included money held in safe deposit boxes. Documents related to the court order name Joti Jain and two relations, Supinder Singh and Rupinder Chahil as the key people running the restaurants.
- Restaurant chain investigated for tax evasion Radio NZ 6 February 2016
- Masala Indian restaurant chain assets frozen in High Court order Stuff. February 6 2016
- Masala family group has assets frozen. NZ Herald. Feb 6, 2016.
NZ Police launch civil action to recover $34m assets from a well known Auckland-based restaurant chain. 7 December 2015.
- Joint investigation and inter-agency approach nets millions. NZ Police statement. 7 December 2015 - 4:08pm. Source of both NZ Herald + Stuff articles. NZ Herald story with headlines: "Top eatery chain in $34m police probe" on the front page and "Joint investigation approach nets millions". Stuff article headline "Restaurant chain companies have $34 million in assets seized".
Masala at 510 Mt Eden Rd now Indian Lounge.
- Companies office: INDIAN LOUNGE LIMITED (5818716)
- 2 Websites http://www.theindianlounge.co.nz and for the menulog (online ordering) http://www.indianlounge.co.nz Zomato reviews.
  - domain_name: indianlounge.co.nz
  - domain_dateregistered: 2015-11-01T10:56:12+13:00
  - registrant_contact_name: Surinder Grewal
  - registrant_contact_address1: 21/3, Ngahura Street, Eden Terrace
  - registrant_contact_city: Auckland
  - registrant_contact_postalcode: 1010
  - registrant_contact_country: NZ (NEW ZEALAND)
  - registrant_contact_phone: +64 221074549
  - registrant_contact_fax: +64 1111111
  - registrant_contact_email: bluplateau@outlook.com
  - Menulog
  - domain_name: theindianlounge.co.nz
  - domain_dateregistered: 2015-12-08T23:08:10+13:00
Masala Mission Bay is now a restaurant called Mehfil Indian Restaurant & Bar.
- Web: http://www.mehfilindian.co.nz/. domain_name: mehfilindian.co.nz domain_dateregistered: 2015-07-21T21:14:11+12:00
- Liquor licence application pdf of application is by KD Empires Limited Trading as Mehfil Indian Restaurant. Sole director and shareholder is Karan Preet Singh. His brother, Karan Preet Singh, has been nominated as a certificated manager for this application. Both of these individuals are nephews of Joti Jain and have been involved in the Auckland-wide Masala group of companies.
- KD Empires Ltd (5731887)was incorporated on 18 Jun 2015 and now lists Ujagar SINGH as sole director and shareholder. The change was on 1 October 2015, the meeting for the On licence was on 25 November 2015.
There's also a NZ company called MEHFIL INDIAN RESTAURANT & BAR LIMITED (5434303) registered on 26 Aug 2014.
16 October 2015
- Indian restaurant managers sentenced for exploiting staff. Stuff 16 October 2015.
- Company officials sentenced on migrant exploitation charges. Press Release: Immigration NZ. 16 October 2015, 1:01 pm.
- Home detention for exploitative restaurant managers. Radio NZ. 11:47 AM Friday Oct 16, 2015.
- Masala bosses sentenced over exploitation. NZ Herald. 11:29 AM Friday Oct 16, 2015.
Former Masala group restaurants trading under new names. NZ Herald. 25 September 2015.
- "The Bucklands Beach Masala is now trading as Salt Indian, the Titirangi Masala as Mint and the Birkenhead Masala as Chilli". Note: last restaurant is called "Chilli's Indian". f
- 19 February 2016 Min Indian URL no longer works. Current URL appears to be http://www.mintindiantitirangi.co.nz/
8 September 2015
- Joti Jain, 42, pleaded guilty to 15 immigration and exploitation charges at Auckland District Court this morning.
- Her co-accused Rajwinder Singh Grewal, 36, admitted five charges.
- Sentencing next month.
- Revealed: Masala restaurant workers paid as little as $2 an hour. NZ Herald. r
- Auckland restaurant directors guilty of worker exploitation Stuff.
- Masala bosses plead guilty to exploiting workers 3News
- Chef paid $40 for two months' work. Checkpoint Radio NZ.
7 April 2015 Masala restaurants fined again for worker exploitation. CK Hospitality Ltd T/a Masala Indian Restaurant fined $25k for exploiting 2 Masala Papakura workers: former waiter-kitchen hand Manpreet Singh & chef Rajinder Kumar. CK Hospitality Ltd in liquidation.
31 March 2015 Masala restaurants fined for exploiting migrant workers. Masala Mission Bay and Masala Bucklands Beach restaurants, owned by Goldlink Enterprises and CHK Hospitality respectively fined $10k. They failed to pay former employee Gagandeep Singh minimum wages and holiday pay owed to him. $10k fine with $5000 going to Singh and $5000 to the Crown. CHK Hospitality had to pay Singh $2160.03 plus interest for unpaid wages and holiday pay for the two weeks he worked at Masala Bucklands Beach in 2012. Masala Mission Bay and Masala Bucklands Beach restaurants failed to pay minimum wages, final holiday pay and public holiday pay, totalling $32,264.35. r
31 March 2015 Underpaid restaurant worker won't get money owed to him. NZ Herald. Goldlink Enterprises Ltd, trading as Masala Mission Bay, went into liquidation on March 10 [2015], the day before an investigation meeting was to have taken place. CHK Hospitality Limited, trading as Masala Bucklands Beach, went into liquidation on September 2, 2013.
Gazette notices: GoldLink Director: Rajwinder Singh GREWAL 27c Mount Smart Road, Royal Oak, Auckland, 1061
Dol db
- 2015 NZERA Auckland 97 Begum (Labour Inspector) v Ck Hospitality Ltd t/a Masala Indian Restaurant 30 March 2015.
- 2015 NZERA Auckland 96 Begum (Labour Inspector) v Ck Hospitality Ltd t/a Masala Indian Restaurant 30 March 2015.
- 2015 NZERA Auckland 90 Labour Inspector (Begum) v Goldlink Enterprises Ltd t/a Masala Indian Restaurant (in liq) and Anor 25 March 2015
Companies DB
- Goldlink Enterprises Ltd
- Ck Hospitality Ltd
26 November 2014
- Auckland food chain fined $66,000 - Radio NZ.
- Masala restaurants fined $66K Stuff.
- Auckland restaurants cop $66k in fines for failing to provide records. NZ Herald.
21 August 2013 Masala Restaurant, Mission Bay has E food grade. NZ Herald.
7 August 2013 Extension has Indian restaurant in hot water Eastern Courier.
21 July 2013 Terror and poor pay on menu - claims Sunday Star Times.
14 July 2013 Dark side of cheap takeaways. f