Tag: Enforcement Directorate

SC defers to Oct 3 hearing on pleas seeking reconsideration of 2022 PMLA verdict

September 18, 2024 admin

A view of the Supreme Court (SC) of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) deferred to October 3 the hearing on a question whether its 2022 verdict upholding the Enforcement Directorate’s powers to arrest and attach property under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act required any…

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Akali Dal’s Bikram Singh Majithia Faces Probe Agency Heat In Drugs Case

September 12, 2024 admin

File photo Chandigarh: In what could raise troubles for senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought a report from the Punjab Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the status of the investigation in the December 2021 drugs case, sources said today. Mr Majithia, a former Punjab minister,…

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Amanatullah Khan Says Probe Agency Team Is At His House To Arrest Him

September 2, 2024 admin

Amanatullah Khan posted a video on X and said, “An ED team has reached my house to arrest me.” New Delhi: Senior AAP leader and MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday claimed that a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reached his house here to arrest him. Sources said the ED team reached his house…

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Rahul Gandhi Claims Raid Being Planned Against Him

August 2, 2024 admin

Rahul Gandhi claimed that probe agency ED “insiders” told him that a raid was being planned. New Delhi: Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi claimed on Friday that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was planning a raid on him following his ‘Chakravyuh’ speech in the parliament on July 29. The Congress MP said…

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‘Forced By ED To Implicate Chief Minister’: Karnataka Official Files Case

July 22, 2024 admin

Bengaluru: A senior government official in Karnataka has filed a police case against two officials of the Enforcement Directorate, accusing them of forcing him to implicate the Chief Minister, a minister and a few others. Kallesh B, additional director of social welfare department, Karnataka, has alleged that he was asked to appear before the Enforcement…

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Land Worth Rs 300 Crore Attached In Case Involving Ex Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda

July 19, 2024 admin

The properties are in the form of land parcels located in Basharia village in Haryana’s Gurugram. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable properties spanning 88.29 acres and valued at Rs 300.11 crore belonging to M3M India Infrastructures Private Ltd in connection with an alleged money laundering case, the agency said in a release…

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Madras High Court’s Big Rebuke To Probe Agency In Illegal Sand Mining Row

July 17, 2024 admin

Chennai: The Madras High Court has reprimanded the Enforcement Directorate for overstepping bounds while investigating illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. A bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan pointed out the federal agency could not claim jurisdiction since mining, illegal or otherwise, is not listed as a scheduled…

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Enforcement Directorate Can’t Arrest People As Per Whims And Fancies: Supreme Court

July 12, 2024 admin

The court said the ED officers can’t ignore the material which exonerates the arrestee. New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday that the power to arrest under the anti-money laundering law cannot be exercised according to the whims and fancies of the Enforcement Directorate officer. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta,…

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Jacqueline Fernandez Summoned Again In Money Laundering Case

July 10, 2024 admin

Sukesh Chandrashekhar used “proceeds of crime” to purchase gifts for Jacqueline Fernandez New Delhi: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Sukesh Chandrashekhar has been accused of cheating high-profile people including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh. The…

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Probe Agency Summons Elvish Yadav For Questioning In Money Laundering Case

July 10, 2024 admin

Elvish Yadav was arrested on March 17 and sent to 14-day judicial custody. Lucknow: YouTuber Elvish Yadav has been asked to appear before the Lucknow unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 23 for questioning in connection with the money laundering case related to the snake venom-rave party case, registered against him by Gautam…

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