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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s plea against a money laundering investigation by the Enforcement Directorate to January 23, 2025. Shivakumar had filed the petition in 2022, seeking to quash the ED’s investigation, including summons issued to him under an Enforcement Case Information Report registered in 2020 following allegations of …

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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed further investigation against two Enforcement Directorate officers, who are investigating the Valmiki Corporation case and are alleged of coercing a witness in the case to make a incriminating statement against the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in the case. During the hearing the bench orally observed “When officers perform duty if you go …

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. The court added that unless a case in the scheduled offence was registered and such an offence generated proceeds of crime, the ED could not have initiated any action. …

The Directorate of Enforcement on Friday stated that it has provisionally attached properties worth approximately ₹205.49 crore in the ongoing investigation of liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The action follows the registration of a fresh ECIR in connection with the liquor scam which, according to ED’s claim, cost the State exchequer ₹2,161 crores during the tenure of the previous Congress government. …

The Delhi High Court has said that the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate cannot be quashed merely because relevant documents required for investigation or confrontation with an accused have not been specified in them.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said the summoning, in exercise of statutory powers, cannot be stalled merely on mere apprehension that the accused may be arrested. The Delhi …

The Jharkhand High Court last week rejected a bail petition of former Ranchi Deputy Commissioner, Chhavi Ranjan in the army land sale case. The petitioner is arrested on 04.05.2023 and after completion of the investigation, the prosecution report was filed on 12.06.2023 and, therefore, Sub-Section of Section 167 of Cr.P.C stood fully complied with the facts of the present case.” …

Mumbai: Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal have approached the Bombay high court with an application seeking cancellation of the Look Out Circular issued against them for an alleged money laundering case as they have cooperated in the investigation of the matter. As per the application, after being deboarded from a flight in 2019, based on …

Stating that the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering investigation is identical in both 2018 and 2020 cases, Karnataka Congress Chief D.K. The submission has been made by the Congress leader in the written submissions filed in his plea challenging the investigation initiated by the probe agency against him in a money laundering case. Shivakumar has challenged the proceedings initiated by ED …

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea moved by Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar challenging the investigation initiated by Enforcement Directorate against him in a money laundering case.A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal sought response of ED, while listing the matter for next hearing on December 15. The Delhi High Court …

Upholding Defence Research and Development Organisation 's policy decision to keep away entities with pending criminal investigations from participating in its tender processes, the Delhi High Court has said that the condition, requiring the bidders to submit an undertaking that there is no ongoing enquiry against them, is imperative to maintain the integrity of projects which deal with matters of …

Devendra Fadnavis on Sushant Singh Rajput death case: ED can at least register investigation report