Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids at multiple locations of the Lovely Group, headed by AAP Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Ashok Kumar Mittal, in Jalandhar and Phagwara in Punjab. Officials said the searches are being carried out in connection with alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).Raids are underway at several locations, including Lovely Professional University (LPU), Lovely Autos, Lovely Sweets, and the Lovely D…
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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a compounding order on February 20 this year under Section 15 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, in the Rs 4.1 crore case filed against Vikram Mundlur, which has resulted in the termination of adjudication proceedings against him for contraventions of provisions of FEMA, 1999. The order has been passed by the RBI after issuance of a “no objection” statement by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which was investi…
Bhopal, March 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Bhopal Zonal Office has carried out search and seizure operations at three premises linked to M/s Rajul Group and its partner Priyank Mehta in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Thursday. The action, conducted under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, comes in connection with alleged misuse of the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) for acquiring immovable properties abroad. The investigation was initiated follo…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a compounding order, on February 10, under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), in the case of Metrocorp Infrastructure Limited, which has resulted in termination of adjudication proceedings against the company for contraventions of provisions of the law, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.The order has been passed by the RBI after issuance of “No Objection” by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).Th…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached another lot of properties, worth more than Rs 581 crore, of Anil Ambani group companies Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL).An order was issued on March 11 to attach land parcels in Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted a series of raids on various businesses and individuals associated with industrialist Anil Ambani.According to agency sources, the coordinated raids were conducted at 10 to 12 locations across Mumbai.A team of approximately 15 specialised ED units initiated the searches in the early hours, focused on the registered offices and residential premises of people related to the power utility company, sources added.Meanwhile…
Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bengaluru has seized assets worth Rs 590 crore from Winzo Pvt. Ltd. and its subsidiary, Zo Pvt. Ltd. under Section 37A of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. The action followed suspected violations of Section 4 of FEMA, according to an official statement released Thursday.According to the ED, the seized assets include bank accounts, fixed deposits, mutual funds, and bonds linked to the companies.The ED stated: “Winzo is enga…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) An Adjudicating Authority under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) on Monday slapped a penalty of Rs 184 crore on controversial journalist and production company owner Prabir Purkayastha and his firm for violating FDI norms and illegal foreign inward remittances, an ED official said on Monday.The Adjudicating Authority imposed a penalty of Rs 120 crore on PPK Newsclick Studio Pvt Ltd and Rs 64 crore on Purkayastha, director of the company, said a statement …
Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has summoned BJP leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case of 2016. The father-son duo has been accused of being the beneficiaries of certain foreign assets, including a Swiss bank account.While Capt Amarinder Singh has been asked to appear before the ED at its Jalandhar office on Thursday, his son will be appearing on Thur…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a compounding order of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations in the case of Deccan Digital Networks Pvt Ltd, according to a statement issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday.The compounding order was passed by the Reserve Bank on January 14 under Section 15 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), “in the case of Deccan Digital Networks Private Limited, which has resulted in terminatio…