In Brief
Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd challenged a Bombay High Court order that imposed a blanket restraint on coercive measures (arrest) against respondents in an economic offences investigation. The petitioner argued this was an abuse of process, as the Sessions Court had already granted interim protection with conditions requiring the respondents to cooperate in investigation. The respondents had allegedly failed to cooperate. The Supreme Court issued an ad interim stay of the High Court's blanket order while preserving the earlier Sessions Court protection, finding the blanket direction without reasons potentially improper where lower court relief already existed.
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