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2023 Supreme(Del) 6001

SURESH KUMAR KAIT, NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
Centre For Public Interest Litigation – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Senior Advocate with Ms. Neha Rathi & Ms. Kajal Giri, Advocates, for the Petitioners in W.P.(C) 8136/2017.
Mr. Farman Ali & Ms. Usha Jamnal, Advocates, for Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC, for the respondent No.1-UOI in W.P.(C) 8136/2017 & W.P.(C) 8401/2017.
Mr. Aditya Singla, Senior Standing Counsel with Ms. Charu Sharma & Mr. S.A.Rabde, Advocates for respondent No.2-DRI with Assistant Director, DRI, Mumbai in W.P.(C) 8136/2017 & W.P.(C) 8401/2017.
Mr. Nikhil Goel, Special Public Prosecutor with Ms. Siddhi Gupta & Mr. Adithya Koshy Roy, Advocates for respondent No.3-CBI with Mr. M.K. Singh, DSP, CBI in W.P.(C) 8136/2017 & W.P.(C) 8401/2017.
Mr. Sarim Naved, Mr. Saurabh Sagar & Mr. Harsh Kumar, Advocates, for the Petitioner in W.P.(C) 8401/2017.

JUDGMENT

Suresh Kumar Kait, J. - In the above captioned first petition [W.P.(C) 8136/2017], petitioner No.1-Centre for Public Interest Litigation, claims to be a registered Society formed for the purpose of taking up causes of grave public interest and conducting Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and petitioner No.2-Common Cause, also claims to be a registered Society for the purpose of ventilating the common problems of the people and securing their resolutions.

2. The petitioners have preferred W.P.(C) 8136/2017 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking probe by Special Investigating Agency (SIT) into reports of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against various private power generating companies for over invoicing carried out by them.

3. The above caption second petition [W.P.(C) 8401/2017] under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner-Harsh Mander as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking a direction to respondent No.3-Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate cases in respect of over invoicing in power projects, as reported by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) OR to set up a Special Investigating Team

















































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