Overview

• The hearing is scheduled before Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria on July 14
• On June 20, the Enforcement Directorate issued a circular requiring its director’s approval for any lawyer summons under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
• The court has invited submissions from the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Bar Council of India, Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association
• The suo motu proceeding follows bar-body protests over ED summons to senior advocates Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal in a money laundering probe linked to an ESOP for Rashmi Saluja
• The bench will define judicial oversight measures to prevent direct lawyer summons and safeguard attorney-client privilege