Overview
- The High Court stayed the trial court’s adverse observations and departmental action against the CBI and its investigating officer while issuing notices to all 23 discharged respondents.
- The bench directed the Rouse Avenue court to defer the linked money‑laundering proceedings under PMLA until the High Court considers the CBI’s challenge to the discharge order.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued the discharge ruling was perverse and akin to an acquittal without trial, but the CBI did not seek a stay of the discharge at this stage.
- The Enforcement Directorate moved to expunge remarks it called judicial overreach, and the High Court issued notice on the ED plea, which is scheduled for further hearing on March 19.
- Arvind Kejriwal asked the Delhi High Court Chief Justice to reassign the CBI’s revision petition to a different bench, even as the matter remains listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.