The Bombay High Court on November 28 extended till January 10 the interim protection from any coercive action granted to IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who is named as an accused by the CBI in an extortion and bribery case related to the Cordelia cruise drugs case.
A Division Bench of Justices P.D. Naik and N.R. Borkar said it would hear Mr. Wankhede’s petition seeking to quash the FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on January 10 and 11, 2024.
Advocate Kuldeep Patil, appearing for the CBI, told the court on Nov. 28 that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta would argue on behalf of the CBI on January 10 or 11.
