Overview
- The court ordered that accused in a high-value ‘digital arrest’ case will not be granted bail by any court until the investigation reaches its logical conclusion, with any relief to be sought before the Supreme Court.
- The direction followed the bench allowing SCAORA to intervene, with the Solicitor General’s support, as a statutory 90‑day deadline neared in a case where an elderly woman lawyer was duped of ₹3.29 crore.
- Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the Centre to decide on ratifying the UN Convention against Cybercrime to bolster cross-border cooperation and money-trail tracking.
- Signalling “unusual orders” and forthcoming pan-guidelines, the bench listed the matter for November 24 and tasked the amicus with broader outreach to map the scale of complaints.
- Referencing earlier sealed inputs from MHA and CBI, the court noted syndicates allegedly operating from offshore ‘scam compounds’ with over ₹3,000 crore extorted, and it has sought nationwide FIR data while pushing for centralized CBI-led probes.