Manik Bhattacharya v. Ramesh Malik
Case brief
What is this about?
The Court dismissed interim applications questioning the legality of the petitioner's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, noting the arrest involved separate money-laundering allegations not considered in the underlying writ proceedings, and clarified that prior stay orders did not block ED investigation.
What did the court decide?
Both interlocutory applications dismissed without order as to costs; petitioner not entitled to claim arrest was illegal based on prior order.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION NO.154274 OF 2022
AND
INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION NO.154275 OF 2022
IN
SLP (CIVIL) NO(S). 1632516326 OF 2022
DR. MANIK BHATTACHARYA …..PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
RAMESH MALIK AND OTHERS …..RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
- These two applications have been taken out by the petitioner in connection with Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 1632516326 of 2022. In these Special Leave Petitions, the petitioner has questioned legality of an order of a Division Bench of the High Court at Calcutta sustaining a series of orders passed by a Single Judge on 13th , 15th , 17th , 20th and 21st June 2022 in two Writ petitions, registered as 9979 of 2022 and 7097 of 2019. The controversy relates to allegations of illegalities in recruitment
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether an interim order restraining coercive action by one agency prevents arrest by a different agency under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002.
Whether the Enforcement Directorate should be impleaded as a party respondent in special leave petitions arising from writ proceedings on recruitment.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Dr. Manik Battacharya
- respondent
Ramesh Malik
Coram
Aniruddha Bose
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Decided on
- · October
- CNR
- 28601/2022
- Bench
- Supreme Court
All orders in this case
2 orders share this CNR
- Order 1 · Supreme Court
- Order 2 — this page · Supreme Court
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