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ITEM NO.29 COURT NO.16 SECTION II-B
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 2777/2026
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 29-10-2025 in CRWP No. 216/2024 passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital]
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
MAHANT SUKHDEV MUNI & ORS. Respondent(s)
FOR ADMISSION Date : 20-02-2026 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chouraisa, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Ms. Nikita Sethi, Adv. For Respondent(s) :
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1. Mr. Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare, the learned Additional
Solicitor General submits that in cases like the present, CBI
investigation ought not to have been ordered and is directly
contrary to a long line of judgments, including the
Constitution Bench judgment in State of...