Department of Forests and Wildlife v. Bank of Baroda and Ors.
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What is this about?
Delhi High Court; bench: Jasmeet Singh (single judge); decision date 30.04.2026; clubbed petitions W.P.(C) 6240/2024 (Department of Forests and Wildlife, petitioner; counsel incl. Siddhant Buxy, Urvi Mohan) and W.P.(C) 13735/2021 (Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, petitioner; counsel Parvinder Chauhan Sr.Adv., Rishikant Singh); common respondent Bank of Baroda & Ors. (counsel Kush Sharma, Niharika Tanwar, Anmol Gupta); UOI counsel Ripudamn Bhardwaj CGSC, Kushagra Kansal, Amit Kumar Rana; CBI/R2 counsel Atul Guleria SPP CBI, Aryan Rakesh; Amicus represented by Sanjay Jain Sr.Adv., Harshita Sukhija, Rishika Agrawal. Substance: counsel for Bank of Baroda stated entire amount Rs. 2,17,60,98,379/- (approx. Rs. 217.61 crore) to be deposited with Registrar General, Delhi High Court before next hearing; both petitions adjourned/listed to 12.05.2026. No statutes cited, no precedents cited, no issues framed, no holdings recorded in this order.