Coal import case: DRI moves SC against relief order to Adani group

The apex court has admitted the matter and the hearing will likely be on February 26

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Bombay High Court (HC) order that restrained the agency from seeking foreign counterparts’ assistance in its probe against a few firms of the Adani group for alleged overvaluation of Indonesian coal imports. 

The DRI had issued 14 letters rogatory (LRs) to multiple foreign jurisdictions, including Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE, among others, seeking information about the imports of Indonesian coal.

An LR is a formal request seeking judicial assistance from a foreign country in investigating an offshore entity.  

On the issuance of the LR, last year,