New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Businessman Robert Vadra on Thursday failed to secure immediate relief from the Delhi High Court in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain was hearing Robert Vadra’s plea challenging a Rouse Avenue Court order taking cognisance of an ED complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and issuing summons to him and eight others.During the hearing, senior advocate Abhi…
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Businessman Robert Vadra has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the summons issued to him by a trial court in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. As per the cause list published on the official website of the Delhi High Court, the matter is listed for hearing on Thursday before a single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain.Vadra has challenged the April 15 order passed by the Rouse Avenue Court, taking cognisa…
Bhopal, May 12 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement has achieved a major breakthrough in a high-profile case involving large-scale adulteration and financial fraud within the dairy industry. The Bhopal Zonal Office of the Directorate of Enforcement officially filed a chargesheet against Jayshri Gayatri Food Products Private Limited and its Managing Director, Kishan Modi, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on May 11, 2026.Following a pre-cognisance hearing, the Spe…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A restaurant owned by former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose earned over Rs 1 crore during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 despite remaining completely shut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata on Tuesday.Bose, who served as a minister during the previous Trinamool Congress government, was arrested by ED officials on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore municipal recruitment scam after a marath…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to alleged coal smuggling kingpin Anup Majee alias “Lala” in a money laundering case linked to the multi-crore illegal coal mining racket in West Bengal. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought Majee’s response on the ED’s challenge to the order of the Delhi High Court granting him anticipatory bail in proceedings a…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Arrested Punjab Industries Minister, Sanjeev Arora, on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, saying his arrest on the face of it was “arbitrary, mechanical, without jurisdiction, and in violation of the mandatory safeguards guaranteed under Articles 14, 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India”. Sanjeev Arora was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from his official residence here on May 9 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act …
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Newly appointed West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday alleged that most leaders of the Trinamool Congress are corrupt, a day after the Enforcement Directorate arrested former state minister Sujit Bose in connection with a municipal recruitment corruption case.Speaking to media persons during his morning walk at Eco Park in Kolkata, Ghosh referred to alleged corruption involving Trinamool leaders in cases related to sand mining, cow smuggling, and black money.He said …
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday opposed Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea seeking to turn approver in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, telling a Delhi court that her conduct during the investigation was “not satisfactory” and that she failed to fully cooperate with the probe.Appearing before the Patiala House Court, the federal anti-money laundering agency contended that Jacqueline did not m…
Guwahati, May 9 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached three immovable properties valued at around Rs 65.60 lakh in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official and his wife, officials said on Saturday.According to the ED, the action was taken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against Hem Chandra Borah, Deputy Chief Engineer of NFR, and his wife Ga…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Hampton Sky Realty Limited (formerly Ritesh Properties and Industries) on Saturday denied all allegations and asserted full compliance with applicable laws in its mobile-phone export operations.In a detailed statement, the company said it entered the mobile-phone export business in May 2023, describing it as a government thrust area under the ‘Make in India’ and Production-Linked Incentive schemes, noting strong growth in India’s mobile-phone exports in recent years…