Bombay HC stays NCB inquiries against Sameer Wankhede

In a new move, the Bombay High Court has delivered a scathing blow to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) by freezing all departmental inquiries against its former Mumbai Zonal Director, Sameer Wankhede. In a decisive ruling, a division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata officially admitted Wankhede’s petition and barred the anti-drug agency from summoning, questioning, or pursuing any hostile action against him until a final verdict is reached.

The bench aggressively condemned the NCB’s conduct, labeling the relentless probe a campaign of “sheer harassment” built on anonymous letters and complaints from accused criminals. Warning that the agency’s actions set a dangerous precedent, the court stated that such targeted persecution threatens to completely demoralize honest law enforcement officers and trigger chaos within criminal justice administration. This binding judicial intervention completely paralyzes the NCB’s internal investigations, providing Wankhede with definitive legal protection against the agency’s repeated administrative overreach.

News Edit KV Raman