Vikas Verma vs State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2228

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Vikas Verma – Appellant
Versus
State Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sunil Dalal, Senior Advocate along with Ms. Zeba Khair, Ms. Nimita Kaul, Ms. Shivambika, Ms. Nikita and Ms. Manisha Saroha, Advocates, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Sabarwal, Impleador in person.
Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crl) for the State with Mr. Amit Peswani, Advocate.
Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Ms. Roohe Hina Dua, Ms. Ananya Sikri, Mr. Akarsh Sharma, Advocates for R-3 to R-5 & R-7 to R-14.
Dr. Harsh Pathak, Mrs. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr. Mohit Choubey, Mr. Sidharth Shukla, Advocates for R-17.
Mr. Jatin Sehgal, Ms. Devna Soni, Mr. Ashish Garg, Ms. Ojaswini Rohatagi, Advocates for R-19.
Mr. Atul Nanda, Senior Advocate with Mr. Martand Singh, Ms. Vartika Aggarwal, Ms. Shivani Luthra, Advocates for R-20 to R-23.
Mr. Vivek Goyal, CGSPC with Mr. Gokul Sharma, Advocate for UOI/SFIO with Mr. Hemant Tyagi, IO, SFIO and Ms. Sonam Sharma. Mr. Anupam S. Sharma, Special Counsel for ED with Mr. Prakarsh Airan, Ms. Harpreet Kalsi and Mr. Abhishek Batra, Advocates. SI Dharm Singh, PS Hauz Khas.

JUDGMENT

Satish Chandra Sharma, C.J.

1. The instant Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed with the following prayers:

"a) Pass a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing Respondent No. 2/ ED to investigate in a time bound manner, the various offences committed by Respondent Nos. 3 to 15 and other unknown accused persons under the provisions of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 in relation to the alleged purchase of development rights by Respondent No. 5/ IPL in land parcel admeasuring 78 acres in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan for a consideration of INR 396 Crores;

b) Direct Respondent No. 16/SFIO to specifically investigate the fraudulent Bhiwadi Land Transaction and to extend the scope of investigation under Order No. 3/404/2018-CL-II (NR) dated 13.09.2019 to include connected parties and to file final report before this Hon'ble Court after completing the investigation in a time bound manner; the copy of the order dated 13.09.2019 is not provided with us;

c) Pass a writ, order or direction for freezing of all assets of Respondent Nos. 3 to 15 and restraining them, their agents, directors,

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2228

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASADVikas Verma – AppellantVersusState Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Vikas Verma – Appellant
Versus
State Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent