Overview
- A bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan set aside the CAT order that had quashed proceedings against Sameer Wankhede.
- The case now moves forward on a Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs charge memorandum dated August 18, 2025.
- Allegations include attempts to access confidential NCB information after de-attachment and seeking assurances to influence the investigation.
- The charge sheet is grounded in a June 2022 call transcript with an NCB legal adviser that Wankhede had filed before the Bombay High Court.
- CAT had earlier called the charges vague and tainted by malice, but the Delhi High Court’s order reverses that finding, with a detailed judgment awaited.