Jitendra Punamchand Maru v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors.
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Keywords: writ petition dismissed as abuse of process; PIL masked as public interest litigation; locus standi absent; clean hands doctrine; direction to CBI to register FIR refused; Article 226 Constitution of India; criminal writ petition; bribery allegation sourced from US Securities and Exchange Commission jury-trial order (United States District Court, Eastern Court of New York; notice dated 24.11.2024); Azure Global Ltd.; Solar Energy Corporation of India; power purchase agreements; pension funds used to bribe government officials; comparison with petitioner's own Crl. W.P. No. 5542 of 2025; cf. Delhi High Court W.P.(C) 812/2026 Ravi Sharma, Advocate v. Union of India & Ors. (dismissed 10.03.2026); Bombay High Court Rules disclosure requirement; bench Shree Chandrashekhar CJ and Suman Shyam J; reserved 23.03.2026; decided 27.03.2026; order corrected by speaking-to-minutes order dated 08.04.2026.