VINEET GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. & ANR.

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$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 06.06.2025 + W.P.(C) 7850/2025 VINEET GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Ms. Neena Nagpal, Mr. Malak M Bhatt, Mr. Vishvendra Tomar, Mr. Ajatshatru Singh Rawat & Ms. Tannavi Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Standing Counsel with Ms. Dharna Veragi & Ms. Shruti Tripathi & Ms. Shakshi Raj, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (Oral) HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 34561/2025 (By Petitioner No.1. seeking suspension of LOC to travel abroad) in W.P.(C) 7850/2025 1. This is an application filed on behalf of the Applicant/ Petitioner No. 1 under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking suspension of Look Out Circular [“LOC”] issued by Respondent No. 1 at the behest of Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 against Petitioner No. 1 and for permitting Petitioner No.1 to travel abroad. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA Signing Date:07.06.2025 W.P.(C) 7850/2025 Page 1 of 10 19:54:43 2. Originally, the said application sought permission to travel from 30.05.2025 to 15.06.2025. However, by way of an additional affidavit, the Applicant/ Petitioner No. 1 now seeks to travel from 30.06.2025 to 30.07.2025. 3. Learned counsel for the Applicant/ Petitioner No.1 would also rely upon Orders dated 05.03.2025, 29.04.2025 and 15.05.2025, as modified by Order dated 03.06.2025, passed by the Court of learned Special Judge, Prevention of Money Laundering Court, Chandigarh, in UID No. HR0089. 4. A perusal of these Orders would show that the permission granted by the Court is in respect of cases registered under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering A