CBI Arrests Deputy Registrar of NCLT Mumbai in Rs3 Lakh Bribery Case
Moneylife Digital Team 29 May 2025
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) arrested a deputy registrar of the national company law tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai bench, and an individual in connection with a Rs3.30 lakh bribery case. The arrests followed a complaint alleging that the tribunal official demanded a bribe to influence proceedings in a long-running hotel ownership dispute.
 
According to CBI, the complainant, a hotel owner, had approached the agency alleging that he was being coerced into paying a bribe to secure a favourable outcome in a company petition pending before NCLT's Mumbai bench since 2020. The case was filed under Sections 241, 242, and 447 of the Companies Act, 2013, and involves allegations of fraudulent share transfers, financial mismanagement, and attempts to shut down the hotel business.
 
CBI officials said that the deputy registrar of NCLT allegedly demanded Rs3.5 lakh from the complainant on 11 May 2025, claiming he could use his 'contacts' in the tribunal to influence the matter and have it resolved in the complainant’s favour.
 
Acting on the complaint, CBI registered a case on 14 May 2025 and laid a trap. On Wednesday, the individual acting on behalf of the deputy registrar was caught red-handed while accepting Rs3 lakh, of which Rs1 lakh was in real currency and the remaining amount was provided as dummy notes for evidentiary purposes.
 
Following the trap, the deputy registrar was also arrested after CBI confirmed that he had orchestrated the demand and had accepted the bribe through the intermediary.
 
Search operations were also carried out at the residences and premises of both accused individuals in Mumbai and Lucknow, yielding evidence suspected to be linked to the larger modus operandi.
 
CBI has produced both accused before the competent court in Mumbai today and is seeking five days of police custody to probe the case further and uncover any wider conspiracy or network involved.
 
“The investigation is continuing,” CBI says in a statement, indicating that more revelations could follow as the agency delves deeper into the roles of other possible actors in the alleged bribery ring.
 
The arrests come amid growing concern over integrity in quasi-judicial tribunals, particularly those dealing with high-stakes corporate litigation under India’s evolving insolvency and company law frameworks.
 
Comments
parimalshah1
2 months ago
Judiciary is now so corrupt people are losing faith. Most of the congress appointed people are possibly neck deep in corruption and what is caught and people come to know about is only tip of the proverbial iceberg.
rmganatra
2 months ago
It is said that money must be paid for getting the applications high on the cause list, or delayed, heard fast without unnecessary adjournments or getting frequent adjournments, or getting fast, the orders for matters reserved for orders etc.

Though the law mandates admission of a matter u/s 7 or 9 within 14 days of completed application, these are not admitted for months or even years in many cases.

These problems can be easily fixed by policies of first come first served and computer generated cause lists with flexibility for limited wild card entries with justification, yet no one is interested.
rmganatra
2 months ago
It is said that money must be paid for getting the applications high on the cause list, or delayed, heard fast without unnecessary adjournments or getting frequent adjournments, or getting fast, the orders for matters reserved for orders etc.

Though the law mandates admission of a matter u/s 7 or 9 within 14 days of completed application, these are not admitted for months or even years in many cases.

These problems can be easily fixed by policies of first come first served and computer generated cause lists with flexibility for limited wild card entries with justification, yet no one is interested.
vaibhavdhoka
2 months ago
Very few recoveries have happened in NCLT recoveries are used to pay high fees of RP and is largly sifooned off in recovery process. Ver rarely public gets small .
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