Khaitan & Co successfully secured the acquittal of SKS Ispat & Power Limited and its directors in a CBI coal block allocation case before the Special Judge (PC Act), Rouse Avenue District Court, New Delhi. The court found insufficient evidence to sustain the charges.
The Supreme Court rebuked IPS officer Ashok Mishra for filing a contradictory affidavit that appeared to favor murder convicts. The bench accepted his apology but warned him to uphold “loyalty to the Constitution over subservience to superiors.”
