| ICICI Bank Files Letter But
No Motion About Indian Defendants As Wants It
Kept Discrete
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 16 – India's ICICI Bank
and its New York Branch have
sued some dozen Indian
business people alleging fraud
and now seeking to file a
sealed motion.
On November 2, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave
held an open telephone
proceeding, of which public
notice was given on PACER.
Inner City Press covered
it.
The
proceeding had an ex parte,
nearly private feel. ICICI's
lawyer Adam Finkel of
Sabharwal & Finkel of 250
Park Avenue was asking to file
a motion under seal - and even
to have detail about it
withheld or made "discrete" in
the docket.
Judge Cave said
she would consider how to
describe it; she had asked who
had called in, seeming to say
she wanted to know if the
defendants had sent someone to
keep them involved.
Isn't that the
point of a public proceeding,
though?
Now on November
16, there is in the docket a
letter, but still no motion.
The letter: "Re: ICICI Bank
Limited, New York Branch v.
Vishal Doshi, et al., No.:
19-cv-11788 (RA) Dear Judge
Cave: My firm represents the
plaintiffs ICICI Bank Limited,
New York Branch and ICICI Bank
UK plc (collectively, the
“Plaintiffs”) in the above
matter. Default Judgment
against Defendant Alpesh
Panchal: This to follow up as
per my letter to the Court
dated October 9, 2020 as a
result of which the Court
granted Plaintiffs up to
November 17, 2020 to file a
motion for default judgment
against Defendant Alpesh
Panchal. [Docket 60].
Plaintiffs have been unable to
confirm that the Dubai UAE
address at which Defendant was
served is an accurate address
for him. Accordingly, rather
than file a motion for
default, Plaintiffs are
continuing to look for an
accurate address for this
Defendant, along with
addresses for three (3) other
Defendants – Rachna Doshi,
Shrikrishna Sant and Shriraj
Deshpande. Settlement with
Defendants Apoorva Doshi and
Ami Doshi: A settlement
agreement is being finalized
between the Plaintiffs and
these two (2) defendants. We
expect to complete this
process in the next two (2) to
three (3) weeks... cc:
Defendant Apoorva Doshi, pro
se (via electronic mail)."
The listed
defendants include Alpesh
Panchal, Ami Doshi, Apoorva
Doshi, Darshan Banuchandra
Shah, Geeta Doshi, Genashi
Gems Private Limited, Gurudas
Patwardhan, Hiren Shah, Nihar
Parikh, Rachna Doshi, Sanjay
Shah, Shreyas Doshi,
Shrikrishna Sant, Shriraj
Deshpande, Trezza Jewels LLP
and Vishal Doshi.
The resulting
docket entry, for now, states
that "as discussed during the
conference, Plaintiffs' motion
shall be filed by December 2,
2020." But filed entirely
under seal?
The case is ICICI
Bank Limited, New York Branch
et al v. Doshi et al.,
19-cv-11788 (Abrams / Cave)
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