Hyderabad High Court posts Amway quash petition to Tuesday

The High Court at Hyderabad on Friday posted to Tuesday next the quash petition filed by Amway India with the plea that CID has no locus standi to investigate the criminal cases filed against the company. The petition appealed to the High Court to quash the FIRs (First Information Report) filed in various police stations.

The Amway India filed the writ petition in the High Court challenging the locus standi of the Crime Investigation Department to investigate the criminal case filed against him. It may be recalled that the same company filed a writ petition last year demanding transfer of all criminal cases filed against the company to a single investigating agency as criminal cases were filed at various parts of the two States.

The single judge bench presided by Justice B Siva Sankar Rao reminded that it was Amway India who asked for transfer of the criminal cases to a single agency for investigation. He said that their counsel was present in the court and everyone agreed to the proposal when the cases were transferred to the CID. “How could they contest now that CID was not the single agency to investigate the criminal case,” he wondered. The judge said that the argument of the Amway India was not tenable. Expressing readiness to hear their argument further, the judge posted the hearing to Tuesday next.