SC allows CBI, ED to lead Reliance ADAG Group probe, says it cannot decide the course of investigation

📌 Summary:

• Supreme Court Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant refused to question the choice of persons arrested in the financial-fraud probe against Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and promoter Anil Ambani
• Court allowed the CBI and the ED to steer the investigation, holding that it cannot decide the course of a probe (judicial restraint)
• Petitioner E.A.S. Sarma, through advocate Prashant Bhushan, argued that so far only "low-level" officers had been arrested and termed Anil Ambani the "kingpin"
• Petitioner did not press for Ambani's arrest but sought disclosure of what the agencies had found about his role

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2/GS3 — limits of judicial intervention in steering investigations; autonomy of CBI and ED in economic-offence and money-laundering probes

📝 Prelims Facts:

• CBI derives powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
• ED enforces the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

🔑 Key Term: Directorate of Enforcement (ED) — financial investigation agency under the Department of Revenue enforcing FEMA and PMLA