2023 (9) TMI 1381

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....Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Singh Bhatti, Adv. Ms. Sowjhanya Shankaran, Adv. Ms. Shreya Bhojnagarwala, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rauf Rahim, AOR Mr. Firdous Samim, Adv. Mr. Ali Asghar Rahim, Adv. Ms. Gopa Biswas, Adv. Ms. Mousami Hazra, Adv. Ms. Payel Shome, Adv....

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....nter alia, to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to conduct an investigation. 2. A Special Leave Petition was instituted before this Court in order to challenge the order of 13 April 2023. This Court passed an initial order dated 24 April, 2023 while entertaining the petition. The Petition was disposed of on 28 April 2023. 3. In its order dated 28 April 2023,....

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.... of Corruption Act 1988 and the Indian Penal Code 1860 are being investigating CBI. The Single Judge declined to stay the investigation. 5. The Single Judge has observed in the concluding part of the order that since the direction for investigation made on 13 April 2023 was not interfered with by this Court, the order stood affirmed and "becomes a closed chapter". 6. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi....

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....that quite independent of the order which was passed by the Single Judge in the Public Interest Litigation, the Enforcement Directorate has an independent right to conduct an investigation into the Teachers' Recruitment Scam. 8. Reading the order of the Single Judge in its entirety, it is evident that the Single Judge has duly applied her mind to the question whether the investigation should be....