Narayana Health vs The State Of West Bengal

The Supreme Court examined whether the allegations in a complaint against Narayana Health and its Chairman prima facie disclosed a criminal offence, focusing on the complicity of a corporate entity and its chairman in a separate territorial jurisdiction. The High Court had set aside the summoning order and remanded the matter for reconsideration. The Supreme Court granted leave and considered the sufficiency of the complaint to proceed with criminal charges. The judgment clarifies the threshold for summoning corporate entities and their officers in criminal proceedings.