SC holds extension of ED Director S K Mishra’s tenure as illegal

11 Jul 2023

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held the extension of tenure of Enforcement Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra as illegal. The apex court has stated that Mishra will continue to serve as ED director till July 31. Earlier this May, the SC reserved its order on the various petitions challenging the extension...

UP: IRS officer detained by the ED in Lucknow in disproportionate assets case

29 Jun 2023

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested from Lucknow, a 2008-batch IRS officer working as an additional commissioner of Customs and GST, in connection with a money laundering investigation against him linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets worth crores, the agency said. In connection with the continuing investigation being carried...

SC adjourns ED’s appeal on shifting TN Minister V Senthil Balaji to 4 July

21 Jun 2023

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to overturn a Madras High Court decision allowing Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji to be transferred to a private hospital in Chennai and considering a habeas corpus plea brought against his arrest.The hearing scheduled for June 22 before the High Court was postponed...

ED moves SC against HC ruling allowing TN Minister’s move to private hospital

19 Jun 2023

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Madras High Court's decision allowing Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji to be transferred from a government hospital to a private hospital in Chennai. The Supreme Court will hear the case on 21 June. After being transferred to Kauvery...

Tamil Nadu: DMK Minister Senthil Balaji breaks down in ED custody and gets hospitalized

14 Jun 2023

In the early hours of Wednesday, while being detained by members of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning about an alleged money laundering case, Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji started to cry. The investigating agency took the DMK leader for questioning, after raiding his premises on Tuesday. Soon after...

Bizman Anand Jain faces ED searches in connection with FEMA violations

09 Jun 2023

For alleged FEMA violations, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched nine Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital locations on Friday. Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital is connected to billionaire Anand Jain.The ED is looking into $300 million that was routed to Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital by companies with Mauritius-based offices. The money that was...

Excise policy case: HC reserves order on Sisodia, Vijay Nair’s regular bail petitions

02 Jun 2023

The Delhi High Court has postponed its decision on the regular bail petitions of Former Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Vijay Nair, former Communication in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to the Delhi Excise Policy matter. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma,...

Bengal govt challenges HC order in Municipality recruitment scam

02 Jun 2023

The West Bengal government has filed a petition with the Supreme Court, challenging the order of the Calcutta High Court. The High Court had declined to grant a stay on the investigation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding an alleged municipality recruitment...

Manish Sisodia to move SC against Delhi HC’s rejection of bail plea

30 May 2023

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will move the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's rejection of his bail plea, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader's legal team announced. The High Court rejected Sisodia's bail plea in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case- the investigative agency alleged...

Delhi liquor scam case: HC issues notices to media houses

26 May 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday, issued notice to certain media houses based on a petition filed against the CBI by businessman Vijay Nair, which alleged that information about the liquor scam case had been leaked to the media. Nair had approached the Delhi High Court last year, alleging that...