1. This special leave petition raises a question of grave public
importance. The question is whether at all and if so under what
circumstances can the Investigating Agencies directly issue summon
to question a counsel who is appearing for a party in a given case.
The matter arises this way. The petitioner is a practicing Advocate
having enrolled in 1997. He regularly appears and practiced before
all the Courts across the State of Gujarat. The petitioner is also
the President of Vastral Advocates Association in Gujarat.
2. It appears that on 24.06.2024 an agreement was executed
between one Parmar Kamleshkumar Amratlal and one Panchal
Princekumar Bhavanishankar pertaining to a loan transaction. It
further transpires that on 13.02.2025 an FIR bearing
No.11191037250276 of 2025 was lodged at Odhav Police Station,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat under Sections 296(b) and 351(3) of Bharatiya
Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 40, 42(a), 42(d) and 42(e) of
Gujarat Money-Lenders Act, 2011 as well as under Sections 3(2)(v),
3(2)(va) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention
of Atrocities) Act, 1989. In respect of the said FIR, Panchal
Princekumar Bhavanishankar was arrested on 25.02.2025.