NEW DELHI, April 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a look out circular issued by the CBI against a man who is facing prosecution in separate cases lodged by the probe agency and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The apex court also issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seeking its response within six weeks on a plea filed by petitioner Nimesh Navinchandra Shah, who has challenged the look out circular (LOC) issued against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Shah's counsel told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the LOC was issued by the CBI in 2022 but he was not intimated about it for around three years.

The bench went through the LOC dated November 9, 2022 which was placed be...