Among the nine names said to have been cleared by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment as chief justices of various high courts is that of Justice Hemant Gupta, currently acting Chief Justice in the Patna High Court but originally from Punjab and Haryana High Court. Justice Gupta's role is said to be under Enforcement Directorate's (ED) investigation in an ongoing money laundering case. While the ED investigation had said that his wife, Alka Gupta, had been "identified as associates and beneficiaries in the process of money-laundering through structuring of shell entities", Justice Gupta had courted controversy when he called up the then investigating officer (IO) Gopesh Byadwal, asking him about the ongoing investigations into RMC Printers Pvt Ltd, a company in which Alka Gupta was a director until June 27, 2009.