Former PM Manmohan Singh moved the SC against a special court order summoning him as accused in coalgate case.
The judge summoned Birla as one of the accused in the case.
Dr Singh said he was upset but expressed confidence that truth will prevail in a fair trial.
Hero MotoCorp's promoter Pawan Munjal emerged as the highest paid director.
In the US, the ratio of the CEO to average worker pay ratio was 373:1 in 2014.
Hindalco has done very well with Rs 900 crore (Rs 9 billion) of ebidta in June quarter.
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the summons to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 5 others by a trial court over the coal scam.
Sentiment has improved but no progress on GST & ending 'tax terrorism' disappoints.