Overview
- Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi directed that the writ seeking a probe be treated as a representation for the Chief Justice of India to address on the administrative side.
- The bench transferred the company appeal from the NCLAT Chennai Bench to the Principal Bench in New Delhi and requested NCLAT President Justice Ashok Bhushan to hear it expeditiously.
- The court did not order a criminal investigation, leaving any decision on an in‑house inquiry or FIR to the competent administrative authority.
- Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma had disclosed in open court on August 13 that he received messages from a ‘most revered’ higher judiciary member, showed them to counsel, preserved them, and then recused.
- The petitioner, M/s A.S. Met Corp, seeks an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act and BNS and access to the August 13 audio‑video, which the NCLAT Registrar has declined to share citing lack of enabling rules.