New Delhi, June 29 -- Raian N. Karanjawala, Managing Partner of Karanjawala & Company, on Monday said the recent order passed by US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in the Adani case is a routine procedural requirement under the American legal system and should not be viewed as an unusual development.

Speaking to ANI, Karanjawala said that while the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has broad discretion to decide whether to continue or withdraw a prosecution, it must obtain the court's permission before doing so.

"This is routine. The Department of Justice has a very high degree of discretion to decide whether it should continue or stop a prosecution. But it cannot do so by itself. It has to approach the court and seek what is known as the...