India, March 4 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday put a four-week stay on a special court's order which directed an FIR against former SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials.

This was because the single high court bench of Justice Shivkumar Dige noted that the order was passed mechanically without going into the details and also without attributing any specific role to the accused, according to a report by news agency PTI.

"Hence, the order is stayed till next date," the HC said. "Four weeks time is given to the complainant in the case (Sapan Shrivastava) to file his affidavit in reply to the petitions."

All of this is regarding an order passed by a special court directing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to regis...