SRI S C JAYACHANDRA vs. ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
Accordingly, petition is allowed-in-part
WP/18442/2017HC Karnataka17 Dec 2020
Bench: The Hon’Ble Mr. Justice John Michael Cunha
Section 197Section 482Section 65
…r as the order of taking cognizance is concerned, learned Senior Counsel appearing for petitioner Sri.A.S.Ponnanna, placing reliance on the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION reported in (2015) 4 SCC 609 and the decision of the High Court of Telangana in Mr.BIBHU PRASAD ACHARYA vs. THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, 2019 SCC OnLine TS 287, would submit that the cognizance order has been passed without application of mind. It is a bald order wherein the learned Special Judge has mechanically reproduced the provisions of law quoted by the respond…