Ahead of
[Hindalco Industries and Sesa Sterlite fell 0.7% ahead of a court verdict on the fate of more than 200 coal blocks that India's Supreme Court had declared illegal last month ]
1 I AM not sure the meaning of "ahead of "in this sentence WETHER AFTER THE VERDICT DECLARED OF BEFORE THE VERDICT DECLARED

Question

Ahead of
[Hindalco Industries and Sesa  Sterlite fell 0.7% ahead of a court verdict on the fate of more than 200 coal blocks that India's Supreme Court had declared illegal last month ]
1 I AM not sure the meaning of "ahead of "in this sentence WETHER AFTER THE VERDICT DECLARED OF BEFORE THE VERDICT DECLARED

Answer

Ahead of, in this context, is referring to before the court verdict.