Overview
- A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N. V. Anjaria set aside the earlier High Court order and restored the criminal cases to their original file.
- The court directed that no coercive action be taken against Anupam Mittal for eight weeks and allowed him to seek interim relief before the High Court.
- The proceedings arise from a Hyderabad woman's complaint that she lost ₹11 lakh to a man using a fake Shaadi.com profile, with police alleging inadequate verification by the platform.
- Mittal's counsel argued the site functions only as a matchmaking intermediary, said the company is cooperating with investigators, and noted that the alleged communications moved to WhatsApp.
- The bench recorded that the prosecution claims the platform facilitated the fraud, clarified it expressed no view on the merits, and noted an employee had been arrested earlier and later granted bail.