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The search operation was carried out on 19 September 2014.<\/li>\n<li>An interim application was filed before the Delhi High Court in the pending writ petition for quashing the search and seizure and for the return of all documents, hard drives and laptops seized during the course of the search and seizure operation and for a stay on the investigation.<\/li>\n<li>The Delhi High Court, by its order dated 26 September 2014, stayed further proceedings before the Director General of Investigation.<\/li>\n<li>Applying the provision under Section 240A of the Companies Act, 1956, the High Court had held that a reading of the order passed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate does not indicate any authorisation to the Director General to carry out any other exercise other than searching for relevant material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Ruling<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court noticed that the provisions of Section 240A do not merely relate to an authorisation for a search but extend to the authorisation of a seizure as well. Unless the seizure were to be authorised, a mere search by itself will not be sufficient for the purposes of investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It, hence, held,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHaving due regard to the provisions of Section 240A and the underlying purpose of Section 41(3), we are of the view that the blanket restraint which has been imposed by the learned Single Judge on the appellants utilising the seized material for any purpose whatsoever was not warranted. The High Court has blocked the investigation on an erroneous construction of the powers of the Director General.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Competition Commission of India v. 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