Interim relief refused in challenge to NFRA action and statutory validity, as audit failure findings justified no protective order.

Writ petitions challenged an NFRA final order and the validity of related statutory provisions, but the Delhi HC limited the interim stage to whether any protective order was justified. On the material before it, and having regard to NFRA's findings on audit failures and related misconduct, the Court found no basis to grant interim protection. Interim relief was therefore refused, leaving the petitioners to pursue the substantive challenge without interim restraint on the NFRA action.

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Issues: Whether interim relief should be granted in the writ petitions challenging the NFRA order and the accompanying statutory provisions.

Analysis: The order records the petitioners' challenge to the NFRA's final action and the constitutional validity of the relevant provisions, but at the interim stage the Court confined itself to whether any protective order was warranted. On the materials placed before it, and in view of the conclusions already drawn by the NFRA on the audit failures and related misconduct, the Court found no basis to grant interim relief.

Conclusion: Interim relief was refused.

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