Hemant Agarwal v. Arun Seth and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Consolidation/transfer-of-investigation matter concerning two FIRs (C.R. No.120 of 2019, D.N. Nagar Police Station, Mumbai; C.R. No.231 of 2018, Kudal Police Station, Sindhudurg) in a writ petition under Article 226 read with Section 482 CrPC involving prayers against SEBI; Supreme Court order dated 24.02.2025 set aside the High Court's 12.01.2024 interim transfer of investigation to CBI and directed consideration of clubbing the FIRs/SIT; this Court impleaded First Informant Ajay Chavan as respondent No.4 after charge-sheet in the Kudal case, continued interim protection, and requested CBI to hand over investigation papers to the SIT; next date 22.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural directions: Ajay Chavan impleaded as respondent No.4 with amendment during the day; notice returnable on 22 April 2025 with private-service and police-intimation directions; interim protection granted by the Apex Court to continue till the next date; CBI requested to hand over investigation papers of C.R. No.120 of 2019 to the SIT; petition stood over to 22 April 2025 (Supplementary Board).