Adani Green contracts probe plea moved to Supreme Court after HC refusal

An activist has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to dismiss a plea for a probe into Adani Green Energy Limited's procurement of energy contracts with Indian states.

The petitioner, social activist Jitendra Punamchand Maru, sought the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate allegations that Adani Green used unlawful means to secure these contracts. His plea was based on an indictment order issued in 2024 by the New York Eastern District Court in the United States and the Department of Justice.

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The high court has passed the judgment on wholly erroneous grounds and in complete ignorance of the record of the case and failed to appreciate the seriousness of the offences committed by the guilty corporate group and its responsible officers.

The Bombay High Court had dismissed Maru's petition on March 27, terming it an "abuse of process of the court." However, the appeal filed in the Supreme Court argues that the High Court's judgment was based on erroneous grounds and overlooked the seriousness of the alleged offenses committed by the corporate group and its officers.

The petition highlights that the New York court's judgment "unequivocally established" serious offenses. It contends that the High Court should have directed the registration of an FIR and an investigation into how thousands of crores of rupees were allegedly spent illegally. The appeal also disputes the High Court's criticism of a decade-long delay, noting that the offenses occurred between 2020-2024 and that relevant documents were not readily accessible to the petitioner.

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The judgment passed by the New York Eastern District Court and findings of that court “unequivocally established” serious offences that have been committed and the high court had to direct the registration of FIR and investigating into the matter to enquire how thousands of crores of rupees were illegally spent.