The Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused under the PMLA with a copy of the grounds of detention at the time of his arrest, the Supreme Court clarified. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has clarified in a judgment that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused … Read more
Robert Vadra. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (August 16) challenged the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in a money laundering case, claiming non-compliance with bail conditions. The ED’s counsel said he will file an additional affidavit showing breach … Read more
The ED, after the searches, said it seized “unaccounted cash” of ₹1 crore and detected proceeds of crime worth ₹600 crore. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday recorded the statement of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Ragini Yadav in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs in railways scam, … Read more
“Banks have written off ₹11.17 lakh crore bad loans from their books in the last six years till financial year 2021-22,” Parliament was informed on December 20. The non-performing assets (NPAs), including those in respect of which full provisioning has been made on completion of four years, are removed from the balance sheet of the … Read more
The timing of the government’s action against the Popular Front of India was a secret till the end, but it carried a sense of the inevitable. Vijaita Singh, Abdul Latheef Naha, K.S Sudhi and Devesh K. Pandey report on the chronology and the reaction The timing of the government’s action against the Popular Front of … Read more
The Congress has planned another show of strength by holding protests across the national capital as Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in the National Herald case, party spokesperson Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Delhi Police is preventing the media from entering the Congress party headquarters. Accusing … Read more
The Supreme Court Monday refused to grant interim relief to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh who was seeking protection from any coercive action in connection with a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) A three-judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said Desmukh is at liberty to access remedies available … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth about Rs 4 crore in connection with its money laundering case against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others, officials said on Friday. They said a provisional attachment order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Deshmukh, 72, has skipped at least … Read more
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to stay summons issued to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh said they are not granting any relief to the PDP leader. The court asked … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable property of Vinay Mishra and Vikas Mishra under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, in the cattle Smuggling case. The subject premise having address 1, Dharamdas Row, Kolkata was acquired by them in May 2017 by way of purchasing the shares of a company namely M/s Anant Tradecom Pvt … Read more