India, Jan. 16 -- The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay high court order that had asked the Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang to be released from prison and kept at their Bandra East residence.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the high court order to the extent of allowing the release of the from prison needed to be stayed.

Mehta had earlier said that the other aspect of the High Court appointed committee should be allowed to remain operative and the sole objective of the operation was with regard to the release of the Wadhawans from the Arthur Road jail.

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