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A bench of justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti sought the Centre and others responses to the petition filed by Shubham Chaudhary and others. | Latest News India
The Supreme Court has sought responses of the Centre, CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and others including 13 states on a plea alleging fraudulent activities by motivational speaker Vivek Bindra and his firm Bada Business Pvt Ltd.
Accusing the social media influencer and his firm of tricking people into giving them their money through a ponzi scheme that promised big returns, the petition sought a direction to the Centre to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI to probe the case.
A bench comprising MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for Shubham Chaudhary and 19 other petitioners, that Bindra and his firm have duped several people of their money.
Sandeep Maheshwari and Vivek Bindra are two of the most followed Indian YouTubers; they have been engaged in legal battle after Maheshwari raised questions on Bindra's business model.