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The SEC had sought the ministry’s assistance to serve the summons under the Hague Convention for Service of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters
The summons was forwarded after a request from the Central Authority of the USA, the report said, citing the government note. (Representational Image)
The union ministry of law and justice in February forwarded a summons from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to a sessions court in Ahmedabad for it to be served on industrialist Gautam Adani at his address in the city, according to The Hindu.
“Under consideration is a request for service of summons received from the central authority US, under the Hague Convention for Service of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters, 1965,” the government said in an internal note provided to the newspaper.
The summons was forwarded after a request from the Central Authority of the USA, the report said, citing the government note.
“We may, if approved, forward the documents to the District & Sessions Court, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, for effecting service upon the respondent,” the note said.
The SEC charged Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar with orchestrating a bribery scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars to Indian government officials to secure their commitment to purchase energy at above-market rates, according to the US regulator’s website. The SEC also charged Cyril Cabanes, an executive of Azure Power “for conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme”.
The SEC alleged that Adani Green raised more than $175 million from US investors, and Azure Power’s stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
