MAHUA MOITRA vs LOKPAL OF INDIA THROUGH CHAIRPERSON AND ORS

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgement reserved on: 21.11.2025 Judgement delivered on:19.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 17495/2025, CM APPL. 72229/2025 (Stay) & CM APPL. 72230/2025 (seeking permission to file confidential documents in a sealed cover) MAHUA MOITRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Samudra Sarangi, Ms. Saloni Jain, Ms. Panya Gupta, Ms. Navya Nanda, Ms. Panchi Agarwal, Mr. Jimut Baran Mahapatra, Mr. Gur Simar Preet Singh, Mr.Bikram Dwivedi and Ms. Virti Gujral, Advocates versus LOKPAL OF INDIA THROUGH CHAIRPERSON AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. S. V. Raju, Additional Solicitor General with Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, SPP, Mr.Kushagra Kumar, Mr. Amit Kumar Rana, Advocates and ASP/IO Mr. Alok Singh for R-2/CBI Mr. Jeevesh Nagrath, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rishi Kumar Awasthi, Mr. Amit V. Awasthi, Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Ms. Ritu Arora, Mr. Avinash Ankit, Mr. Rahul Kumar Gupta, and Mr. Prabhakar Thakur, Advocates for R-3 Mr. Ravi Prakash, Senior Advocate with Ms. Astu Khandelwal, Taha Yasin, Mr. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA W.P.(C) 17495/2025 Page 1 of 44 Signing Date:19.12.2025 17:27:56 Yasharth Shukla, Mr. Ali Khan and Ms. Srutee Priyadarshini, Advocates for R-3 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGEMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. This Writ Petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India 1 challenges the Sanction Order dated 12.11.2025 2 , passed in Complaint No. 201/2023 by the learned Lokpal of India3, whereby sanction was granted for filing a charge- sheet before the competent court under Section 20(7)(a) read with Section 23(1) of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 20134 against the Petitioner/Respon