2021 (1) TMI 1112

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.... for respondent No.5.   2.  Learned Senior Advocates for respondents raised a  preliminary objection with regard to maintainability of this writ petition. Among various grounds, they submitted that petitioner has filed a public interest litigation registered as  W.P.No.3635/2020 with a prayer inter alia for a writ of  mandamus and to direct respondents NC. 1 to 10 therein to  constitute a multidisciplinary investigation team to investigate  and prosecute Shri. A.H. Premji (respondent No. 11 therein) and  his associates for the offences alleged to have been committed  by them, set out in its representations dated January 30, 2020  and February 3, 2020 submitted to respondents No. 1 to 6....

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....stering all three complaints as  consolidated Special Case No.69/2020. The said order  was challenged before this Court in Criminal Petitions  and the same have been dismissed by a common order  dated May 15, 2020. The said common order has been  challenged in S.L.P. (Criminal) Nos. 2588-2590/2020  and the Apex Court has stayed the proceedings before  the Trial Court;   * Petitioner's firm is not in existence. The Regional  Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Chennai vide  order dated August 17, 2018 in proceedings under  Section 8(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 has revoked  petitioner's licence and directed it to convert itself into a  'Non-Section 8' Co....

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....  cost;   * Shri. Subramanian, learned Advocate for petitioner has  admitted during the nearing of W.P. No. 11482/2020  before a coordinate Bench of this Court that petitioner  has filed cases only against Azim Prem Ji Group.   6.  Shri. Ganesh submitted that he stands by the  above two submissions and urged that the same may be  placed on record as they are significant and shall have some  ramification. In addition to the above, Shri. Ganesh submitted  that after withdrawal of PIL, this writ petition is not  maintainable on the ground of public policy.  7.  In reply, Shri. Subramanian, at the out-set denied  the submission of Shri. Ganesh that on October 1, 2020....

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.... Prayer clause  (i) in this writ petition is for a direction against the  Enforcement Directorate to register a case for offences of  money laundering arising out of the scheduled offences in  Special Case ND.69/2020. The trial of the said case has been  stayed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.  14. In Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and  Others (2008) 2 SCC 409 , relied upon by Shri. Nagesh, the Apex Court has held  that when some one has a grievance that his FIR has not been  registered and he rushes to High Court with a writ petition or  a petition under Section 482 Cr-P.C., High Court should not  encourage this practice and ordinarily refuse to interfere in  su....