INFRASTRUCTURE WATCHDOG vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 15 July 2025 Pronounced on: 3 November 2025 + W.P.(C) 4123/2025, CM APPLs. 19111/2025 & 19112/2025 INFRASTRUCTURE WATCHDOG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Mr. P. Rohit Ram, Mr. Abhay Nair and Mr. Sanyam Jain, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Mr. Himanshu Bidhuri and Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Advs. for Union of India Mr. N. Venkatraman, ASG with Mr. Nishant Awana, Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. S.K. Rout, Advs. for R-4 with Mr. Gaurav Tyagi DGM (Legal) and Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, CM (SAMB, Delhi) Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General of India with Mr. Alok Kumar, Ms. Parnika Jolly and Mr. Tarun Kumar, Advs. for R5/PNB with Mr. E.J. Jerome, AR for PNB Mr. Mukul Rohatgi and Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Advs. with Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Mr. Saurabh Seth, Mr. Arpit Singh Arora, Ms. Devanshi Singh, Mr. Akshit Mago, Mr. Om Batra, Ms. Molly Agarwal and Mr. Pratyush Srivastava, Advs. R-6 Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs. for CVC W.P.(C) 4123/2025 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 32 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:03.11.2025 15:32:06 Mr. Anupam S. Sharma, SPP with Ms. Harpreet Kalsi and Mr. Vashisht Rao, Advs. for CBI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL % JUDGMENT 03.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The contours of public interest litigation, premised on allegations of perceived corruption in purely commercial dealings between private parties, are required to be delineated by us in this writ petition. 2. We have heard Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. R. Venkataramani, the learned Attorney General for the Punjab National Bank1, Mr. N. Venkatrama