Overview
- A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria reserved the matter and invited written submissions within two weeks.
- Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing NGOs Save Mon Region Federation and Voluntary Arunachal Sena, sought a CBI investigation, alleging the state police cannot probe impartially.
- Citing the state’s affidavit, petitioners said four firms tied to relatives of Pema Khandu received about ₹1,245 crore via tenders plus ₹25 crore through work orders from 2015 to 2025, roughly three percent of total contracting.
- Companies named in court included Brand Eagles, Frontier Associates, Alliance Trading and RD Construction, with allegations that many work orders were issued without tender and that related bidders competed against each other.
- The Arunachal Pradesh government has rejected the case as “sponsored litigation,” following the Supreme Court’s earlier directive for a comprehensive 2015–2025 procurement affidavit.