(Arun Mishra and Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.)
Bikram Chatterji and Others ____________________ Petitioner(s);
v.
Union of India and Others ________________________ Respondent(s).
Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 940/2017, decided on February 28, 2019
IA 135815/2017, 140269/2017, 6608/2018, 6855/2018, 50374/2018, 51806/2018, 55922/2018, 95273/2018, 96889/2018, 125860/2018, 128852/2018 130673/2018, 135446/2018, 137605/2018, 137609/2018, 138856/2018, 138861/2018, 140746/2018, 143227/2018, 146057/2018, 152091/2018, 154433/2018, 16 8186/2018, 169415/2018, 169613/2018, 172228/2018, 173033/2018, 174865/20 18, 179645/2018, 181362/2018, 181365/2018, 181491/2018, 181715/2018, 1855 10/2018, 185514/2018, 185798/2018, 374/2019, 6281/2019, 6282/2019, 6285/2019, 6286/2019, 7040/2019, 7529/2019, 8259/2019, 8260/2019, 9802/2019, in With W.P.(C) No. 1018/2017 (X) (For Clarification/Direction on IA 124195/2017 For Clarification/Direction on IA 7355/2018) W.P.(C) No. 942/2017 (PIL-W) (For Appropriate Orders/Directions on IA 100082/2017 For Clarification/Direction on IA 7366/2018 For Clarification/Direction on IA 35933/2018 For Intervention/Impleadment on IA 37155/2018 For [I/A on Behalf of Resp. No. 13 Seeking Permission to Pursue Company Appli. No. 17(P.B) of 2018 and] on IA 41987/2018) W.P.(C) No. 971/2017 (X) For Clarification/Direction on IA 102714/2017) W.P.(C) No. 947/2017 (X) (For Appropriate Orders/Directions on IA 100453/2017 For Clarification/Direction on IA 6312/2018) W.P.(C) No. 1041/2017 (X) (For on IA 109963/2017 FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 25742/2018 For Clarification/Direction on IA 35467/2018 For Permission to File Additional Documents on IA 60314/2018 For Permission to File Additional Documents on IA 64019/2018) W.P.(C) No. 1144/2017 (X) (IA For Appropriate Orders/Directions on IA 124701/2017) W.P.(C) No. 1116/2017 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1156/2017 (X) (For Clarification/Direction on IA 36571/2018 For Impleading Party on IA 64349/2018 For Intervention/Impleadment on IA 64349/2018) W.P.(C) No. 1206/2017 (X) (For Appropriate Orders/Directions on IA 135678/2017) W.P.(C) No. 1242/2017 (X) W.P.(C) No. 8/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 21/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 74/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 91/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 57/2018 (X) (For Clarification/Direction on IA 64604/2018) W.P.(C) No. 56/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 58/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 52/2018 (X) (For Appropriate Orders/Directions on IA 25842/2018) W.P.(C) No. 131/2018 (X) (IA For [Application For Stay/Directions] on IA 25109/2018) W.P.(C) No. 134/2018 (X) (IA For Permission to File Additional Documents on IA 27092/2018) W.P.(C) No. 160/2018 (X) (For [Perm to File Subsquent Events on Record] on IA 56300/2018) W.P.(C) No. 182/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 164/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 199/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 226/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 306/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 267/2018 (X) (For Admission) W.P.(C) No. 298/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 246/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 245/2018 (X) (For Admission) W.P.(C) No. 288/2018 (X) (For Admission) W.P.(C) No. 281/2018 (X) (IA For Stay Application on IA 48296/2018) W.P.(C) No. 378/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 353/2018 (X) (For Admission and IA No. 57585/2018-Stay Application) W.P.(C) No. 460/2018 (X) (For Admission) W.P.(C) No. 742/2018 (X) (For Admission) W.P.(C) No. 829/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 866/2018 (X) SMC(Crl) No. 4/2018 (XVII) W.P.(C) No. 1397/2018 (X) Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 940/2017
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
I.A. No. 35430 of 2019
1. This application has been filed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Delhi Police, seeking permission to arrest and take into custody various Directors, namely, Anil Kumar Sharma, Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar. They are presently in the custody of NOIDA Police vide our order dated 11.10.2018. We make it clear that the Delhi Police is free to arrest/take into custody any or all the other Directors of Amrapali group of companies. Any order passed by this Court in this case shall not come in their way to do so.
2. Let the Police investigate the entire gamut of the scenario of the various projects, as projected in this case and various orders passed and investigate the entire matter. Prima facie, we find that the case requires serious investigation in the facts projected by the Directors, CFO and the statutory auditors.
3. The Police is directed to investigate the role of Mr. Anil Mittal, Statutory Auditor and Mr. Chander Wadhwa, CFO as well. The Police may interrogate them and find out their criminality, if any, in the matter.
4. Let various order sheets of this Court as well as the affidavits of Mr. Chander Wadhwa and Mr. Anil Mittal and Directors of Amrapali Group of Companies indicating the operational methods of diversion of funds and creation of companies be also furnished to the Deputy Commissioner forthwith.
5. The application is allowed.
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 940/2017
Bikram Chatterji & Ors ____________________________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Union of India & Ors ___________________________ Respondent(s)
IA 135815/2017, 140269/2017, 6608/2018, 6855/2018, 50374/2018, 51806/2018, 55922/2018, 95273/2018, 96889/2018, 125860/2018, 128852/2018 130673/2018, 135446/2018, 137605/2018, 137609/2018, 138856/2018, 138861/2018, 140746/2018, 143227/2018, 146057/2018, 152091/2018, 154433/2018, 16 8186/2018, 169415/2018, 169613/2018, 172228/2018, 173033/2018, 174865/20 18, 179645/2018, 181362/2018, 181365/2018, 181491/2018, 181715/2018, 1855 10/2018, 185514/2018, 185798/2018, 374/2019, 6281/2019, 6282/2019, 6285/2019, 6286/2019, 7040/2019, 7529/2019, 8259/2019, 8260/2019, 9802/2019, in
WITH
W.P.(C) No. 1018/2017 (X)
(FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 124195/2017
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 7355/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 942/2017 (PIL-W)
(FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 100082/2017
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 7366/2018
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 35933/2018
FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 37155/2018
FOR [I/A ON BEHALF OF RESP. NO 13 SEEKING PERMISSION TO PURSUE COMPANY APPLI. NO. 17(P.B) OF 2018 AND] ON IA 41987/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 971/2017 (X)
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 102714/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 947/2017 (X)
(FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 100453/2017
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 6312/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 1041/2017 (X)
(FOR ON IA 109963/2017
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 25742/2018
FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 35467/2018
FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON IA 60314/2018
FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON IA 64019/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 1144/2017 (X)
(IA FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 124701/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 1116/2017 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 1156/2017 (X)
(FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 36571/2018
FOR impleading party ON IA 64349/2018
FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 64349/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 1206/2017 (X)
(FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 135678/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 1242/2017 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 8/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 21/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 74/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 91/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 57/2018 (X)
(FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 64604/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 56/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 58/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 52/2018 (X)
(FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 25842/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 131/2018 (X)
(IA FOR [APPLICATION FOR STAY/DIRECTIONS] ON IA 25109/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 134/2018 (X)
(IA FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON IA 27092/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 160/2018 (X)
(FOR [PERM TO FILE SUBSQUENT EVENTS ON RECORD] ON IA 56300/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 182/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 164/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 199/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 226/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 306/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 267/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 298/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 246/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 245/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 288/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 281/2018 (X)
(IA FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 48296/2018)
W.P.(C) No. 378/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 353/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION and IA No. 57585/2018-STAY APPLICATION)
W.P.(C) No. 460/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 742/2018 (X)
(FOR ADMISSION)
W.P.(C) No. 829/2018 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 866/2018 (X)
SMC(Crl) No. 4/2018 (XVII)
W.P.(C) No. 1397/2018 (X)
Date : 28-02-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today.
(Before Arun Mishra and Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.)
Counsel for the parties Ms. Geeta Luthra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Alok K. Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Ilhan Danish, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Modi, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Duggal, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Vashishtha, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Goel, Adv.
Ms. Arpita Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Alok Aggarwal, Adv.
Ms. Asmita Narula, Adv.
Mr. Karan Nagrath, Adv.
Mr. Altamish Siddiki, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Anjana Ahluwalia, Adv.
Mr. Utkarsh Jaiswal, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Harshal Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Luthra Lohiya, Adv.
Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, ASG
Mrs. V. Mohana, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nalin Kohli, Adv.
Ms. Nimisha Menon, Adv.
Mr. Samrendra Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Nimisha Chadha, Adv.
Mr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Ramul Jaiswal, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Tanvir Nayar, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Anil Katiyar, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, Adv.
Mr. V. Shekhar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhigya, AOR
Mr. Anuj Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Prithvi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shakti Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Fernandes, Adv.
Ms. S. Deb Roy, Adv.
Mr. Debal K. Banerji, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sourav Roy, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Rangoli Seth, Adv.
Mr. M.L. Lahoty, Adv.
Mr. Paban K. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv.
Mr. Samar Ali, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Saurav, Adv.
Mr. Jamneesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Sukant Vikram, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Ankit, Adv.
Mr. Anshumaan Sahni, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Thomas Oommen, Adv.
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, Adv.
Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Jain, Adv.
Mr. Pranjal Kishore, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Dhawan, Adv.
Ms. Sahithya Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mohit Choudhary, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Dawar, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Sachdeva, Adv.
Ms. Garima Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Imran Ali, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Aaryan Mehra, Adv.
Mr. Mayank Dawar, Adv.
Mr. Balwinder Singh Suri, Adv.
Ms. Puja Sharma, Adv.
for M/s. Kings and Alliance
Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, Adv.
Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Shaurya Vardhan, Adv.
Ms. Preeti Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Ram Lal Roy, Adv.
Mr. P. N. Mishra, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Niraj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Anshu Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Shefali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Umair Ahmad Siddiqui, Adv.
Mr. R. S. Namdar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. K. S. Namedar, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S. K. Rajora, Adv.
Mr. Balraj Diwan, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Niraj Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Anshu Gupta, Adv.
Mohd. Fuzail Khan, Adv.
Mr. Umair Ahmad Siddiqui, Adv.
Mr. Jahangeer Ahmed, Adv.
Mr. Joun Abbas, Adv.
Ms. Vaishali Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Yatish Mohan, Adv.
Ms. Vinita Mohan, Adv.
Mr. Amar Shakti Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sumant Kumar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Harshvardhan, Adv.
Mr. Abhimanyu Shreshtha, Adv.
Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Neeraj, Adv.
Mr. Dibyadyuti Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv.
Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Adv.
Mrs. Gargi Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
Mr. T. K. Joseph, Adv.
Mr. P. K. Jayakrishnan, Adv.
Mr. G. Balaji, AOR
Ms. Shiva Vijaya Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Goel, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Mimani, Adv.
Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR
Mr. Shantanu Parasher, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Kislay, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Jha, Adv.
Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy, Adv.
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Mr. Kumar Mihir, Adv.
Mr. Sukant Vikram, Adv.
Mr. Shayaree Basu Malik, AOR
Mr. Varun Chopra, Adv.
Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Gurtejpal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR
Mr. Maheen Pradhan, Adv.
Mr. Benant Noor Singh Marok, Adv.
Mr. Varun Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR
Ms. Shreya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Nitin Jain, Adv.
Mr. S. B. Upadhyay, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Santosh Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Krishnam Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Surender Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Param K. Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Vanshika Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kabir Dixit, Adv.
Ms. Anisha Upadhayay, AOR
Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Debashish Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Ehraz Zafar, Adv.
Mr. Mohika Jain, Adv.
Mr. Pragyan Mishra, Adv.
Dr. Shesh Mani Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev K. Jha, Adv.
Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. Qamar Ali, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Saurav, Adv.
Mr. S.S. Ray, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Gulia, Adv.
Ms. Praveena Gautam, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Jain, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Chandra Sharma, Adv. for Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
Mr. E.R. Sumathy, AOR
Ms. Savita Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Suman Tripathy, Adv.
Mr. Prem Prasoon, Adv.
Mr. Mrinal Harsh Vardhan, Adv.
Mr. R.P. Goyal, AOR
Mr. Girish Chand Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Kailash Prasad Pandey, AOR
Mr. C.M. Patel, Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Ms. Rudrakshi Deo, Adv.
Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu, Adv.
Ms. Shruti Narayan, Adv.
MS. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Amol Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Rajiv Kochhar, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Sinha, AOR
Mr. Nitin Bajpai, Adv.
Ms. Neha Tanwar, Adv.
Mr. Udit Grover, Adv.
Mr. Akshay, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Pratap Chand, Adv.
For Ms. R.K. Banju, AOR
Mr. Ashish Chauhan, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Goel, Adv.
Ms. Shobha Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sourav Roy, Adv.
Ms. Devahuti Tamuli, Adv.
Mr. Pritesh Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Sharma, Adv.
For Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv.
Mr. Murari Babu, Adv.
Mr. Surinder Dutt Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Meghsham S. Bhangle, Adv.
Mr. Chirojit Mukherjie, Adv.
Ms. Ruchika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sarvagaya, Adv.
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv.
Mr. Devendra Nath Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Nayar, Adv.
Mr. Anshuman Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Anushruti Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. R. Sathish, AOR
Mr. Mohan Das K.K., Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv.
Mrs. S. Geetha, Adv.
Mrs. Smitha Rani, Adv.
Mr. Amboj Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr. Dhruv Gandhi, Adv.
Ms. S. Tandan, Adv.
Mr. Chadan Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr. Rituraj Choudahry, Adv.
Mr. D. P. Singh, Adv.
Ms. Vandana Pai, Adv.
Mr. Devansh Arya, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Tandon, Adv.
Ms. Sonam Gupta, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, Adv.
Mr. Shreyash Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. G.R. Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Virender Goswami, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR
Mr. Soni Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shamik Saha, Adv.
Mr. Shubham Raj, Adv.
Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Ms. Sangeeta Singh, Adv.
Ms. Kanta Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vidya Pawar, Adv
Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Thomas Oommen, Adv.
Mr. A.P. Mohanty, AOR
Mr. Pallav Mongia, AOR
Ms. Shreeya Tandon, Adv.
Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR
Ms. Stuti Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Prabhu Singh, Adv.
Ms. Anushruti Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Balraj Dewan, Adv.
Mr. Rajul Shrivastava, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rajneesh C., Adv.
Mr. Varun Mohan, Adv.
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Adv.
Mr. Kaushal Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Sunita Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Y.P. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Das, Adv.
Mr. C. M. Gopal, Adv.
Ms. Subasini Sethy, Adv.
Mr. Lalit Rana, Adv.
Mr. Tahir Ashraf Siddiqui, Adv.
Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
Mr. Suchit Mohanty, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Sudeep, AOR
Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, Adv.
Ms. Indrani Mukherjee, Adv.
Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR
Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR
Mr. Prithvi Pal, AOR
Mr. Naresh Kumar Nagar, Adv.
Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR
Mr. Manish Kr. Saran, AOR
Mr. Madhurendra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputhaam, Adv.
Ms. Geetanjali, Adv.
Mr. Pirsanjit Keshwani, Adv.
Mr. Kabir Sankar Bose, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Anand, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Manish S. Verma, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Bishwajit Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Srideepa Bhattacharyya, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Marwah, Adv.
Ms. Surabhi Khattar, Adv.
Mr. Manpreet Lamba, Adv.
For M/s. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, AOR
Mr. Alok K. Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Apoorv Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Harshal Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Arpita Dixit, Adv.
Mr. Ilham Dhanish, Adv.
Ms. Ruchika, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
Mr. Ashoka Kumar Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Imran Khan, Adv.
Mr. Anil K. Chopra, Adv.
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Gudipati G. Kashyap, Adv.
Ms. T. Archana, AOR
Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ranvijay Gohain, Adv.
Ms. Arti Singh, Adv.
Ms. Pooja Singh, Adv.
Dr. Sumant Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Vedant Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Mridula Ray Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. Rinchen Wangmo, Adv.
Mr. Amol Chitravanshi, Adv.
Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR
Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Ahuja, Adv.
Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Anand Dilip Daga, Adv.
Mr. Iqram Govind Singh, Adv.
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Somya Yadava, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Tripathi, Adv.
Ms. Jagriti Mahajan, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Babar, Adv.
Ms. Prathna Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Snigdha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Somashekharan Sundreshan, Adv.
Mr. Dushyant Manocha, Adv.
Ms. Ananya Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. S.S. Ray, Adv.
Mr. Manmeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Anugrah Robin Frey, Adv.
Mr. Anukrit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Gulia, Adv.
Ms. Praveena Gautam, Adv.
Ms. Geetanjani Shahi, Adv.
Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, AOR
Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Sana Kamra, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Shikhar Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Ranjan Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Adishree Chakraborty, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Raj, Adv.
Mr. Paras Choudhary, Adv. for Mr. Vishal Gupta, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Saxena, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Rajee Mehrotra, Adv.
Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR
Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rounak Nayar, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Chowdhary, Adv.
Mr. Atul Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Adv.
M/s. Dharmaprabhas Law Associates, AOR
Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR
Mr. Sahil Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Dimple Nagpal, Adv.
Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, AOR
Mr. Parikshit Ahuja, Adv.
Ms. Amrita Grover, Adv.
Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Bajpai, Adv.
Mr. Sharad Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR
Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehwal, AOR
Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv.
Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. PBA Srinivasan, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Aman Gupta, AOR
Mr. Sunil K. Khattri, Adv.
Ms. Shaila Arora, Adv.
Ms. Neha Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms. Nalini Singh, Adv.
Mr. Badri Prasad Singh, AOR
Ms. Indra Sawhney, Adv.
Ms. Madhavi Divan, Adv.
Ms. Vanshaja Sukla, AOR
Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv.
MR. Kapil Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Ms. Indu Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Daleep Kumar Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Daleep K. Dhyani, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.
Ms. Payal Kakra, Adv.
Mr. Akash Tyagi, Adv.
Mr. Sushant Chaturvedi, Adv.
Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR
Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv.
Ms. Tamanna Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR for M/s. DSK Legal, AOR
Mr. Dinesh K. Garg, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Adv.
Mr. Deepak Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Randheer Kumar Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ankit Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Aniruddh Singh, Adv.
Mr. Joseeph Pookkatt, Adv.
Ms. Charu Ambwani, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Verma, Adv.
Mrs. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Z. U. Khan, Adv.
Mr. Girdhar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. J.P. Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Braham Singh, Adv.
Mr. Harishankar Saran, Adv.
Ms. Asha Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Bidhudi, Adv.
Mr. R. D. Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kumar Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Kumar Pandita, Adv.
Mr. Braham Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhayay, Adv.
Mr. R.D. Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Kumar Pandita, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Krishnakant Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Mahale, Adv.
Mr. Shivendra Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Arannya Moullick, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Parkash, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sonia Mathur, Adv.
Ms. Charu Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Alishan Naqvee, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Vhakravarty, Adv.
Ms. Noor Rampal, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Kamnam, Adv.
Mr. Roopansh Purohit, Adv.
Mr. Manoj Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Kaushik, Adv.
Mr. Shreyas Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR
Ms. Misha Rohatgi Mohta, Adv.
Mr. Lalit Mohan, Adv.
Ms. Ekant Luthra, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Yamini Raman Acharya, Adv.
Mr. Beerendra Singh, Adv.
Ms. Anushruti Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. Prabhu Singh, Adv.
Mr. Balran Dewan, Adv.
Ms. Manju Jetley, Adv.
MS. Amita Singh Kalkal, Adv.
Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, Adv.
Ms. S.S. Shroff, Adv.
Mr. Ritesh Agrawal, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Jauhari, Adv.
Ms. Seema P., Adv.
Mr. Gopi Nagar, Adv.
Mr. Prakash Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Verma, Adv.
Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Singh, Adv.
Mr. Siddharthaa Jha, Adv.
Mr. Tahir Ashraf Siddiqui, Adv.
Ms. Anindita Pujari, Adv.
Ms. Payal Kakra, Adv.
Mr. Sushant Chaturvedi, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh, Adv.
Ms. Arti Krupa Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anurag Kishore, Adv.
Mr. S. K. Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv.
Mr. Awanish Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anshul Rai, Adv.
Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Somanatha Pradhan, Adv.
Mr. Aabhas Parimal, Adv.
Applicant in-person
Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Anil K. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Girdhar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. R. D. Upadhyay, Adv.
Ms. Asha Upadhyay, Adv.
MS. Veera Kaul Singh, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR
M/S. Dharmaprabhas Law Associates, AOR
Mr. Manish Kumar Saran, AOR
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Mr. Sukant Vikram, AOR
Mr. R. Sathish, AOR
Sayaree Basu Mallik, AOR
Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR
Mr. Prithvi Pal, AOR
Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR
Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR
Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR
Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR
Mr. G. Balaji, AOR
Mr. A. P. Mohanty, AOR
Mr. Abdul Azeem Kalebudde, AOR
Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Pallav Mongia, AOR
Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR
Ms. E. R. Sumathy, AOR
Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
By Courts Motion, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR
Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR
Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR
Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Aor, AOR
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR
Mr. Aman Gupta, AOR
Mr. Badri Prasad Singh, AOR
Mr. Vishal Gupta, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
ORDER
6. In furtherance of the ‘Out Today’ order passed regarding directions to the Police Authorities, the following order is passed with further directions :—
7. It is stated by the Forensic Auditors that the persons named in Lists A, B, C and D have not turned up and cooperated with them. Some of them have turned up once and have not turned up after that with the requisite information which was called from them. This is a serious issue. When this Court has directed the Forensic Auditors to submit their report, the persons mentioned in Lists A, B, C and D should have cooperated with the Forensic Auditors so as to enable them to submit the report on time.
8. Hence, we issue notice to the persons mentioned in Lists A, B and C (which is annexed with this order) for their presence before the Forensic Auditors, with all the relevant papers/documents/statements, in the following manner :—
(i) Persons in List A (Serial Nos. 1 to 14) shall appear before the Forensic Auditors on 5th and 6th of March, 2019.
(ii) Persons in List B shall appear before the Forensic Auditors on 7th of March, 2019.
(iii) Persons in List C shall appear before the Forensic Auditors on 8th of March, 2019.
9. As far as List D is concerned, the Forensic Auditors require the presence of the persons mentioned in Serial Nos. 1 to 20. Let notice be issued to the persons mentioned in Serial Nos. 1 to 20. They shall appear before the Forensic Auditors on 9th March, 2019 with the relevant papers/documents/statements. The Forensic Auditors may also inform these persons about the documents which are required from these persons.
10. The address of the Forensic Auditors is as follows :—
SHARP & TANNAN
205-207, ANSAL TOWER, 2ND FLOOR
38, NEHRU PLACE
NEW DELHI – 110 019
EMAIL ID – pka@stdelhi.com
11. It is made clear that in case of any violation of the above order, the same shall be treated very seriously by this Court.
12. Mr. V. Shekhar, learned senior counsel appearing for Mr. Chander Wadhwa, CFO, has submitted that an amount of Rs. 4,10,00,000/- (Rupees Four Crores and Ten Lakhs) has already been deposited with the Registry, which has been duly acknowledged by the Registry through Receipt No. 27779 dated 25.02.2019.
13. Today, he has come up with two Demand Drafts, totalling Rs. 2,00,00,000/- (Rupees Two Crores). The particulars of the Demand Drafts are as follows :—
S. No. | Name of the Bank | DD No. and Date | Drawn in the name of | Amount (Rs.) |
1. | HDFC Bank | 016860 dt. 28.02.2019 | The Drawing and Disbursing Office, Supreme Court of India | 1,00,00,000/- |
2. | HDFC Bank | 016861 dt. 28.02.2019 | The Drawing and Disbursing Office, Supreme Court of India | 1,00,00,000/- |
TOTAL | 2,00,00,000/- |
14. The above amount be deposited in the Registry of this Court forthwith.
15. The properties as mentioned in Annexure ‘A’ (Page 238 of the Report of Forensic Auditors) and Annexure ‘B’ (Pages 239-242 of the Report of Forensic Auditors) are attached forthwith. A scanned copy of the above Annexures is placed with this order.
16. The properties as mentioned in Annexure ‘C’ belonging to the Directors of Amrapali Group shall also be attached forthwith, if not attached earlier. A scanned copy of Annexure ‘C’ is annexed with this order.
17. Mrs. Deepti Ahuja, Member of the Managing Committee of M/s. Sudit K. Parikh & Co. is present in Court today. She is directed to file the requisite affidavit within one week from today. She is directed to report before the Forensic Auditors on 02.03.2019.
18. Let the Forensic Auditors file their report by 22nd of March, 2019.
19. As mentioned by the learned counsel appearing for NBCC, Order dated 14.02.2019 is clarified to the effect that the amount to be disbursed to the NBCC shall be made from ‘The Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Supreme Court of India”.
20. The learned counsel appearing for Mr. Mohit Gupta and Mr. Nishant Mukul, former Directors of Amrapali Group of Companies, has come up with two Demand Drafts for a sum of Rs. 9,85,000/- (Nine Lakhs and Eighty Five Thousand). He is directed to deposit the same with the Registry of this Court forthwith.
21. List on 26.03.2019 at 02.00 PM.
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