RUCHI SINGH v. U.O.I. THRU. SECY. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NEW DELHI AND 3 OTHERS
CRLP/1889/2025 · 2025-03-19
Brij Raj Singh, Vivek Chaudhary
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15966-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1889 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ruchi Singh Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Home Affairs New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shantanu Sharma,Anshuman Sharma,Athar Ali,Nidhi Singh Rathour,Sandeep Narayan,Surendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,G.A.,Rohit Tripathi Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.S.G.I. for the respondent- Union of India, learned A.G.A. for the State- respondent(s) as well as Ms. Nida Navi, Advocate holding brief of Shri Rohit Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no.2/Director of Directorate of Enforcement and perused the material available on record. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court for the following main prayer:
"to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, commanding/directing the opposite party nos. 1 to 3 to decide the application dated 17.01.2025 and to accept and consider the claim of petitioner in light of direction (order dated 1.7.2024) issued by this Hon'ble Court at Prayagraj in CRLP No.20172 of 2023, "Prakash Chandra Tiwari vs. Union of India and others" as well as to direct the State to return back the money deposited by the petitioner to Shine City Company along with interest, in the interest of justice."
3. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is entitled for return of her money which was deposited with the Shine City Infra Project Limited, now under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, investigation and prosecution for which the case is pending before the Special Court of Anti Corruption C.B.I. (West), Lucknow. Counsel for petitioner further submits that petitioner wants to file her claim before the said court which may be directed to be considered and decided in accordance with law. 4. Shri Rohit Ripathi, learned counsel appearing for respondent
no.2 submits that there is a stay order granted by the Supreme Court on 24.02.2025 in Special Leave Petition (Criminal) Diary No. 5578 of 2025 with regard to the orders arising out of writ petition(s) filed at Allahabad and the court concerned has to take the same into consideration while considering any claim. Counsel for respondent no.2 further states that there is no dispute that petitioner can file her claim before the court concerned which is to be considered by the court concerned in accordance with law.
It goes without saying that the court concerned shall also take into consideration any order passed by the Supreme Court or by any other Court with regard to the said matter. 5. With the aforesaid, present writ petition stands disposed of permitting the petitioner to raise her claim before the Special Court of Anti Corruption C.B.I. (West), Lucknow in accordance with law, which shall consider and decide the same after hearing all the parties, in accordance with law, as observed above. (Brij Raj Singh, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 19.3.2025 Praveen Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench