Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 01-10-2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Dhanera Diamonds
  • Respondents: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) & others
  • Petition Number: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 24881/2026
  • Origin: Impugned final judgment and order dated 24-06-2026 in WP No. 4930/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
  • Intervention Applications: IA No. 208952/2026 (exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment), IA No. 208950/2026 (exemption from filing O.T.), IA No. 243125/2026 (intervention application).
  • Hearing Date: 01-10-2026.
  • Bench (Coram): Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva.
  • Counsel for Petitioner: Dr. A M Singhvi (Sr. Adv.), Mr. Arvind Lakhawat, Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Ms. Padmapriya, Mr. Nishant Kumar, Mr. Aquib Ali Khan, Ms. Devanshi Sancheti, Mr. Dhaval Gaur, Mr. K. Paari Vendhan (AOR).
  • Counsel for Respondents: Mr. Navin Pahwa (Sr. Adv.), Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, Ms. Surekha Raman, Mr. Shreyash Kumar, Mr. Sidharth Nair, Mr. Harshit Singh, Mr. Yashwant Sanjenbam, K J John And Co (AOR), Mr. Mukul Rohatgi (Sr. Adv.), Mr. Dhruv Mehta (Sr. Adv.), Mr. Sameer Pandit, Ms. Sarrah Khambati, Ms. Apoorva Kaushik, Mr. Uday Mathur, among others.

Order

  • The Court, after hearing senior counsel for both parties, observed that there was "no good ground and reason to interfere with the impugned judgment passed by the High Court."
  • Consequently, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed.
  • The Court directed that any pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of.

Final Outcome

  • The petition seeking special leave to appeal the High Court’s decision is rejected, leaving the High Court’s 24‑Jun‑2026 judgment intact.
  • All pending exemption and intervention applications related to the case are ordered to be disposed of.

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