Heera Gold Scam : Supreme Court Directs ED To Auction Two Properties, Asks Nowhera Sheikh To Deposit Rs 25 Crores
Live LawThe Supreme Court yesterday extended the period to surrender forf Nowhera Shaikh, the Managing Director of Heera Gold Exim Private Limited, to 3 months in a miscellaneous application filed in the main matter related to fraud and cheating of investors across the country. Apart from this, the Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate to auction 2 properties and pay 25 crores so that the investors' money could be paid back from the money recovered. Having regard to what has been stated in para.8 of the report filed by ED, we direct the petitioner to furnish complete details about all other properties free from encumbrance within period of 2 weeks.Once information on all those properties are furnished, ED shall proceed to put those to auction and try to recover the maximum amount.We direct the petitioner to deposit an amount of 25 crores within 3 months to ED. The specific part of the order in this regard stated: "Therefore, today we have made ourselves very clear that failure on the part of the accused to raise the necessary finance may entail the following consequences: The petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution for clubbing of all the FIRs may be liable to be dismissed; The SFIO may be asked to proceed further in accordance with law; The bail granted by this Court may be liable to be cancelled; We may ask each State where the FIRs have been registered to investigate them in accordance with law; and We may also ask the Enforcement Directorate to proceed in accordance with law."