Supreme Court of India

Serious Fraud Investigation Office and Others v. Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Limited and Others

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1060
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 26 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we are of the view that the High Court was not justified in staying the investigation and i n passing the consequential directions which have been passed in the impugned orders at the interlocutory stage.

Judgment, page 12

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Companies Act, 2013: ss.212 & 219 – Power to Investigate– Affairs of Company – Body Corporate – Writ petitions fi led before High Court challenging the legality of the orders dated 31 O ctober 2018 and 27 October 2020 of the Union Ministry of orporate Affairs, authorising an investigation under provisions of ss.212 a nd 219 in respect of several corporate entities of the Saha ra group – High Court, by its interim order stayed the operation, implementation and execution of the investigation orders on the gr ounds that directions issued for investigation by order dated 31 Octo ber 2018 was

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