NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued notice in plea filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging Delhi High Court’s (HC) jurisdiction and opinion that transfer of Gautam Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai by the investigative agency was “unseemly haste".
The apex court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justice SA Nazeer and Indira Banerjee will hear the case next on 15 June.
According to the NIA, Navlakha is in judicial custody after a remand order was passed by the agency's session judge in Mumbai.
Hence, Delhi HC does not have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain the bail plea of Navlakha. The Delhi HC on 22 May had issued notice to NIA and directed the filing of the status report.