Case Number: CR Cases/1/2019
Parties: Directorate Of Enforcement versus M/S Jindal Steel And Power Ltd And Ors
Order Number: 11
Filing Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018
Order Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021
Order Description: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Status: Arguments on Charge
Stage: Arguments on Charge
CRC No. 01/2019 (Old CRC No. 08/18) ECIR No. 12/DLZO/2014 Branch: Delhi Zonal Office, Zone-II. ED Vs. M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd & Ors. Offence u/s 3 and punishable u/s 4 PMLA, 2002
In view of the advisory issued by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide office Order No. 438/RG/DHC/2021 dated 22.07.2021, on account of Corona Virus (COVID-19), Delhi District Courts have been directed that w.e.f. 24.07.2021 all the matters shall be taken up through virtual mode only and it has also been observed that physical hearing in Delhi District Courts may be resumed in a restricted manner4 w.e.f. 16.08.2021 on experimental basis subject to further orders based on evaluation of the situation of the pandemic in NCT of Delhi.
Present: Ld. Senior Advocate Sh. Maninder Singh along with Ld. Counsels Sh. Rajesh Batra, Sh. Prabhas Bajaj, Ld. Special PP Sh. Naveen Kumar
Matta for ED along with IO Assistant Director Sh. Arun Kumar.
Sh. Vivek Mittal AR of A-1 M/s Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. is present.
Sh. Ravinder Kumar Manchal, AR of A-2 M/s Gagan Sponge Iron Pvt Ltd is present.
Sh. Madhusudan Rao Manikonda, AR of A-3 M/s Sowbhagya Media Ltd is present.
Ld. Counsels Mohd. Wasay Khan and Ms. Filza Moonis for A-3.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Himanshu Anand Gupta for A-4 M/s New Delhi Exim Pvt Ltd.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Prashant Mehta for A-5 M/s Jindal Reality Pvt. Ltd.
A-15 B.S.N. Suryanarayan (also AR of A-6 M/s Nihar Stocks Limited) is present.
Ld. Counsels Sh. Rajeev Goyal and Sh. Gurpreet S. Parwanda for A-
Proceedings against A-8 K. Ramakrishna Prasad stands abated vide order dated 15.03.2021.
A-12 Rajeev Aggarwal is present.
A-13 Siddharth Madra is present.
Exemption application has been moved on the official email ID of this Court on behalf of applicant/accused Sh. Sushil Kumar Maroo (A-9) by his Ld. Counsel seeking exemption from personal appearance through VC for today.
Heard. Allowed only for today.
Vide application dated 11.06.2021 IO AD Arun Kumar has sought ninety days' time for completion of remaining further investigation in the present matter.
Heard. Perused. Considered.
Accordingly, matter be now put up on 20.08.2021 for awaiting progress report of further investigation .
APPLICATION SEEKING DISCHARGE FROM BEING AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT/ACCUSED NO. 5 i.e., M/S SOWBHAGYA MEDIA LTD .
IO AD Sh. Arun Kumar in its application dated 11.06.2021 moved on the official email ID of this Court has stated that notice to the Director M/s Sowbhagya Meida Ltd could not be served due to Covid pandemic.
Let fresh notice be issued to A-3 M/s Sowbhagya Media Limited through IO AD Arun Kumar returnable on 20.08.2021.
In the meantime, Sh. Madhusudan Rao Manikonda AR of A-3 M/s SML, till further orders, shall continue to appear before this Court.
Matter be now put up on 20.08.2021.
A digitally signed copy of this Order be displayed on the website of RADC
and CIS.
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(Arun Bhardwaj) Special Judge, (PC Act) (CBI), Coal Block cases-01, RADC New Delhi
24.07.2021
CRC No. 01/2019 (Old CRC No. 08/18)
ECIR No. 12/DLZO/2014
Branch: Delhi Zonal Office, Zone-II.
ED Vs. M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd & Ors.
Offence u/s 3 and punishable u/s 4 PMLA, 2002
In view of the advisory issued by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide
office Order No. 438/RG/DHC/2021 dated 22.07.2021, on account of Corona Virus
(COVID-19), Delhi District Courts have been directed that w.e.f. 24.07.2021 all the
matters shall be taken up through virtual mode only and it has also been observed that
physical hearing in Delhi District Courts may be resumed in a restricted manner4 w.e.f.
16.08.2021 on experimental basis subject to further orders based on evaluation of the
situation of the pandemic in NCT of Delhi.
The hearing of the present matter is being taken up via Cisco WebEx
Platform in the presence (on-screen) of:
Present: Ld. Senior Advocate Sh. Maninder Singh along with Ld. Counsels Sh.
Rajesh Batra, Sh. Prabhas Bajaj, Ld. Special PP Sh. Naveen Kumar
Ld. Counsel Sh. Saurabh Ajay Gupta for A-1.
Sh. Ravinder Kumar Manchal, AR of A-2 M/s Gagan Sponge Iron Pvt Ltd
is present.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Nagesh Kumar for A-2.
Sh. Madhusudan Rao Manikonda, AR of A-3 M/s Sowbhagya Media Ltd
is present.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Himanshu Anand Gupta for A-4 M/s New Delhi Exim
Pvt Ltd.
A-15 B.S.N. Suryanarayan (also AR of A-6 M/s Nihar Stocks Limited) is
present.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Bharat B. Joshi for A-6 and A-15.
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7 Naveen Jindal.
Proceedings against A-8 K. Ramakrishna Prasad stands abated vide
order dated 15.03.2021.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Shishir Mathur for A-9 Sushil Kumar Maroo.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Somesh Arora for A-10 Rajeev Jain.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Tanmaya Mehta for A-11 Anand Goel.
Ld. Proxy Counsel Ms. Ana Upadhyay for A-12.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Rahul Tyagi for A-13.
Ld. Counsel Sh. Hemant Shah for A-14 Gyan Swaroop Garg.
Exemption application has been moved on the official email ID of this
Court on behalf of applicant/accused Sh. Sushil Kumar Maroo (A-9) by his Ld. Counsel
seeking exemption from personal appearance through VC for today.
Vide application dated 11.06.2021 IO AD Arun Kumar has sought ninety
days’ time for completion of remaining further investigation in the present matter.
Accordingly, matter be now put up on 20.08.2021 for awaiting
progress report of further investigation.
APPLICATION SEEKING DISCHARGE FROM BEING AUTHORISED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT/ACCUSED NO. 5 i.e., M/S SOWBHAGYA
MEDIA LTD.
IO AD Sh. Arun Kumar in its application dated 11.06.2021 moved on the
official email ID of this Court has stated that notice to the Director M/s Sowbhagya
Meida Ltd could not be served due to Covid pandemic.
Let fresh notice be issued to A-3 M/s Sowbhagya Media Limited through
IO AD Arun Kumar returnable on 20.08.2021.
In the meantime, Sh. Madhusudan Rao Manikonda AR of A-3 M/s SML,
till further orders, shall continue to appear before this Court.
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(Arun Bhardwaj)
Special Judge, (PC Act) (CBI),
Coal Block cases-01, RADC
New Delhi
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