P. CHIDAMBARAM vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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2019 Supreme(SC) 1212

R.BANUMATHI, A.S.BOPANNA
P. CHIDAMBARAM – Appellant
Versus
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr.Adv. Dr. A.M. Singhvi,Sr.Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid,Sr.Adv. Mr. Vivek Tankha,Sr.Adv. Mr. Kunal Vajani,Adv. Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana,Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari,Adv. Mr. Adit Pujari,Adv. Mr. Varun K. Chopra,Adv. Mr. Hitesh Rai,Adv. Mr. Akshat Gupta,Adv. Mr. Ayush Agarwal,Adv. Mr. Karan Gogna,Adv. Mr. Aman Singh Brar,Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahni,Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha,Adv. Mrs.Shally Bhasin, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Tushar Mehta,SG Mr. K.M. Natraj,ASG Ms. Sonia Mathur,Sr.Adv. Mr. Amit Mahajan,Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair,Adv. Mr. Manan Popli,Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan,Adv. Mr. Zoheb Hossain,Adv. Mr. Kanu Aggarwal,Adv. Mr. B.K. Prasad,Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

ORDER

SLP(Crl.)No.7525 of 2019:

1. In this petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of the High Court dated 20.08.2019 in and by which the High Court has declined to grant anticipatory bail in CBI No. RC220-2017-E-0011 registered under Section 120-B IPC & Section 420 IPC and Sections 8, 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption act, 1988.

2. It is submitted by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner that after dismissal of the petition for anticipatory bail by the High Court, the petitioner has approached the Supreme Court challenging the said order. The grievance of the petitioner is that an opportunity of hearing has not been given to the petitioner in spite of direction dated 21st August, 2019 for early hearing. It is stated that subsequently, the petitioner has been arrested on 21st August, 2019. Since the petitioner has been arrested, in view of the judgment of the Constitution Bench reported in 1980 (2) SCC 565 Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia & Others vs. State of Punjab, we find that this special leave petition has become infructuous. The special leave petition is, accordingly, dismissed as having become infructuous.

3. The petitioner is at liber

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2019 Supreme(SC) 1212

R.BANUMATHI, A.S.BOPANNAP. CHIDAMBARAM – AppellantVersusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT – Respondent

R.BANUMATHI, A.S.BOPANNA
P. CHIDAMBARAM – Appellant
Versus
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT – Respondent