$~114 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3100/2022 SHIVANI MODI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vivek Chib, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Anirudh Wadhwa, Mr. Bhargava T., Mr. Debarshi Chakrobarty and Mr. Siddharth Jain, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Priya Sarkar, Advocate (through VC)

Mr. Sunil Aggarwal, Sr SC, ITD along with Mr. Viplav Acharya, Ms. Priya Sarkar, Jr. SCs (ITD), Mr. Utkarsh Tiwari, and Mr. Anuragh Dwidedi, Advocates for ITD.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA

O R D E R

% 16.12.2025 CM APPL.79326/2025 (filed on behalf of petitioner for suspension of operation of look out circular)

1. The present application has been filed by the applicant/ petitioner seeking that the Look Out Circular (LOC) opened against the petitioner at the behest of respondent no.4, be kept in abeyance to enable the petitioner to travel to Phuket, Thailand between 26.12.2025 and 05.01.2026.

2. Paragraph 9 of the present application refers to the previous orders passed in these proceedings, whereby, the applicant/petitioner was allowed to travel abroad. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that on each such occasion, the applicant/petitioner has completed travel in compliance with the conditions imposed upon her. There is no controversy as regards thereto.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents does not oppose the present application. However, she insists that the applicant be subjected to the same conditions as were imposed vide the previous order/s whereby the petitioner was granted permission to travel abroad.

4. Considering the aforesaid, the impugned LOC dated 06.07.2021, as an interim measure, is suspended for the period from 26.12.2025 to 06.01.2026 so as to allow the petitioner to undertake the proposed travel to Phuket, Thailand. The same shall be subject to the following conditions:

i. The FDR deposited by the petitioner in terms of order dated 11.05.2023 shall continue to remain deposited with the Registrar General of this Court. The aforesaid FDR shall be continued to be kept on auto-renewal mode.

ii. The petitioner shall file a detailed affidavit disclosing her complete itinerary, including her stay at various locations abroad as well as telephone numbers and residential/ hotel addresses. She shall also file an undertaking that she shall strictly adhere to the itinerary mentioned in the affidavit and not visit any other stations. She shall also furnish a copy of the air tickets purchased by her, including the return ticket, before the Registrar General of this Court.

iii. The petitioner shall also provide the contact numbers that she would use during the period of stay abroad, and at least one of the said contact number will be kept operational at all times, subject to all fair exceptions, including the period she is on-board the aircraft.

iv. The petitioner shall file a self-attested copy of her passport along with a copy of her visa/s in the Court on her return to India.

v. The permission to travel abroad given in this order shall be subject to other applicable conditions and will not be deemed as a direction to any other authority.

vi. The petitioner shall furnish an undertaking that upon her return to India, she shall participate in any proceedings against her and that she shall be bound down by any orders that may be passed by competent courts/authorities, subject to any challenges thereof.

5. The application stands disposed of in the above terms.

6. List before the Joint Registrar (Judicial) for verification of the documents on 22.12.2025.

7. Order dasti.

SACHIN DATTA, J DECEMBER 16, 2025/ss