Enforcement Directorate

Arvind Kejriwal withdraws plea against ED summons in excise policy case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday permitted AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his petition challenging the summonses issued to him by the ED in connection with its probe into an excise policy-linked money laundering case. Senior counsel appearing for the former Delhi chief minister said he did not wish to pursue the matter further as he had already been acquitted in the criminal cases against him for failing to appear before the agency in pursuance of the summonses. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said the agency will file an appeal against the decision of the trial court. "Much water has flown.. I will not press the petition. I will take the constitutional pleas at an appropriate stage," Kejriwal's senior lawyer said. "Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn", a bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said. The bench clarified that all the legal pleas in the petition were kept open. On Ja

I-PAC raids: SC adjourns ED plea against Mamata's 'interference' to Feb 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to February 18 the hearing on a plea moved by the ED alleging obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its search operation at the I-PAC office and the premises of its director in connection with an alleged coal pilferage scam. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sandeep Mehta deferred the matter after it was informed that senior advocate Kapil Sibal was unwell. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta agreed to the adjournment. The top court on January 15 said the West Bengal chief minister's alleged "obstruction" in ED's probe is "very serious" and agreed to examine if a state's law-enforcing agencies can interfere with any central agency's probe into any serious offence as it stayed FIRs against the agency's officials who raided political consultancy I-PAC on January 8. The top court, while staying the FIRs filed in West Bengal against ED officials, also directed the state police to protect

ED to issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani in money laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate will soon issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani, wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said on Tuesday. Tina, 68, a former actor, was asked to depose by the federal agency here on Monday but she did not do so. She will be called again soon, the officials said. It is understood that she was called for questioning with regard to a money trail linked to the purchase of a luxury condominium in New York's Manhattan. The ED had recently attested former RCOM (Reliance Communication) president Punit Garg in this case. The agency has recently constituted a SIT to probe multiple cases of alleged bank fraud and linked financial irregularities against the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) on the directions of the Supreme Court.

ED constitutes SIT to probe cases against Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

The Enforcement Directorate has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged banking and corporate fraud worth Rs 40,000 crore involving the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and linked entities, official sources said on Monday. The SIT is led by an additional director-rank officer in the headquarters investigation unit (HIU) of the federal probe agency and comprises about half a dozen other investigators, the sources told PTI. The Supreme Court, while reviewing cases against ADAG, last week directed the ED to constitute an SIT that will undertake a "fair, independent, prompt and dispassionate" probe into the case. It had asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also probing the group, to look into the nexus, collusion, connivance and conspiracy, if any, and take its investigations to their logical conclusion. The ED has been probing Anil Ambani and his Reliance Group companies since last year and has, till now, filed three Enforcement Case

ED seizes undeclared Dubai properties worth ₹28 crore owned by 3 Delhi HNIs

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has issued seizure orders for over half-a-dozen Indian assets, worth about 28 crore, of some Delhi-based "high-net worth individuals" who held "undisclosed" properties in Dubai worth crores of rupees. The orders have been issued against two sets of individuals under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) following searches at their premises in Delhi conducted a few months back, the federal probe agency said. The action was undertaken based on intelligence inputs indicating that certain high-net worth individuals (HNIs), being residents in India, made overseas investments, primarily in Dubai, through payments routed via "hawala" channels, it said. According to the agency, orders for seizure of Indian assets worth a combined Rs 28 crore were issued as the immovable properties based abroad could not be seized directly. Under Section 37A, FEMA allows seizure of immovable properties located in India, equivalent in value to the foreign

RCom fraud case: Supreme Court directs ED to constitute probe team

The Supreme Court asked the Enforcement Directorate to set up a senior-level SIT to take forward the probe into alleged large-scale bank fraud involving RCOM and Anil Ambani

ED arrests ex-RCOM prez Punit Garg in alleged ₹40,000-cr bank fraud case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has arrested former Reliance Communications (RCOM) president Punit Garg on money laundering charges in an alleged Rs 40,000 crore worth bank loan fraud against group companies of businessman Anil Ambani. Garg was taken into custody on Thursday. A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi sent him to nine days of ED custody, the federal probe agency said in a statement. Garg, ex-president and director of Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM), was arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation linked to an alleged over Rs 40,000 crore bank fraud and money laundering by RCOM and its group entities, the ED said. There was no immediate comment from the Reliance Group on this development. The agency, on Wednesday, had said it had attached shares and mutual funds in the name of Garg's wife. "Garg, while holding senior managerial and directorial positions in RCOM over an extended period from 2001 to 2025, was acti

ED attaches ₹1,800 crore worth of fresh assets of Reliance Group firms

With the latest action, the total value of attachment by the federal probe agency in the case now stands at about Rs 12,000 crore.

Supreme Court seeks status report from CBI, ED on probe into RCom group

The plea contends that the FIR registered by the CBI in August 2025, along with parallel ED proceedings, addresses only a limited portion of the alleged wrongdoing

Delhi court acquits Kejriwal in ED summons cases linked to liquor policy

A Delhi court has acquitted AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in cases linked to alleged non-compliance with ED summons in the liquor policy probe; detailed order is awaited

Can ED invoke Article 226? SC to decide if agency can file writ petitions

The Supreme Court will examine whether the Enforcement Directorate can invoke Article 226 to file writ petitions before High Courts, after appeals by Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments

ED conduct raids in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu in Sabarimala case

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday launched searches in three states as part of its money laundering investigation into the Sabarimala gold loss case, official sources said. About 21 locations across Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are being raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they added. The premises linked to the main accused, Unnikrishnan Potti, in Bengaluru and former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president A Padmakumar are understood to be covered by the federal probe agency as part of the action. The ED had recently filed a PMLA case taking cognisance of a Kerala police FIR. The politically sensitive case is already being investigated by a state Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the supervision of the Kerala High Court. The probe is related to a series of irregularities, including official misconduct, administrative lapses and a criminal conspiracy to misappropriate the gold from the various artefacts of the Lord Ayyappa

Al Falah Univ hired Red Fort blast-linked doctors sans verification: ED

Faridabad-based Al Falah University had appointed three doctors -- two arrested by the National Investigation Agency and the third an alleged suicide bomber of the November 2025 Red Fort area blast -- apart from other specialists without police verification or scrutiny, the Enforcement Directorate has found. The agency, as part of its money laundering probe against the promoter of the university, is understood to have furnished statements of various senior executives and faculty of the varsity in this context in a chargesheet filed before a Delhi court on Friday. Arrested 61-year-old Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and the Al Falah Charitable Trust that controls all the educational institutions of the varsity are the two accused named in the complaint filed under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The about 260-page chargesheet seeks prosecution of Siddiqui and his Trust for alleged generation of illicit funds from fees paid by students,

'Very serious': SC issues notice to Mamata over interference in ED raid

Stays further proceedings in three FIRs registered by the West Bengal Police against ED officials

Who is Preet Panesar, the key suspect in Canada's $20 million gold heist

Canadian authorities described Panesar, 33, as one of two remaining "outstanding" suspects in a case involving the theft of more than $20 million worth of gold from Canada's busiest airport in 2023

I-PAC raids: SC stays FIR against ED officials, sends notice to Mamata govt

The Supreme Court directed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, DGP Rajeev Kumar and other respondents to file their counter-affidavits within two weeks

I-Pac raids in Kolkata: Incident reflects a shocking pattern, ED tells SC

The Enforcement Directorate told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the West Bengal government's "interference and obstruction", including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its probe and search operation at the I-PAC office and its chief's residence reflects a very shocking pattern. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, told a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul Pancholi that in the past also, whenever statutory authorities exercised statutory power, Banerjee barged in and interfered. "It reflects a very shocking pattern," Mehta said while contending that this will only encourage such acts, and the central forces will be demoralised. "The states will feel they can barge in, commit theft, and then sit on a dharna. Let an example be set; officers who were explicitly present there should be suspended," the solicitor general said. The ED's plea in the apex court follows events from January 8, when ED's officials faced obstructions during the probe ...

I-PAC raids: Cal HC disposes TMC's data plea, adjourns ED's application

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday disposed of the TMC's petition praying for protection of its data, saying the ED has informed that it has not seized anything from I-PAC director Pratik Jain's office and home during its raids last week. TMC had moved the court seeking an order for preservation of personal and political data that may have been seized by the ED during its raids on these two premises on January 8. Representing the ED, additional solicitor general SV Raju stated before the court that the agency has not seized anything from these two premises. Disposing of the TMC's petition, Justice Suvra Ghosh observed that in view of the submissions made by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Union of India, nothing further remains to be dealt with in the present petition by the ruling party in West Bengal. Justice Ghosh also adjourned a petition by the ED before it seeking a CBI probe into the events of January 8, when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had gone to the politica

IPAC raids: ED seeks adjournment as TMC presses for data protection

The ED on Wednesday told the Calcutta High Court that petitions filed by it and the TMC in connection with last week's searches at the residence and office of political consultancy firm director Pratik Jain be adjourned as the agency has moved the Supreme Court on the issue. Trinamool Congress' counsel Menaka Guruswamy submitted that the party was only seeking protection of its data. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's lawyer Kalyan Banerjee objected to the Enforcement Directorate's plea for adjournment. The CM has been made a party by the central probe agency in its petition before the high court. Representing the ED, additional solicitor general SV Raju stated before the bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh that the agency seeks adjournment of the matters at the high court as it has filed a petition on the same issue before the Supreme Court. He said that when a matter is pending before the apex court, a high court should not hear it.

I-Pac raids row: ED moves SC against interference, Bengal govt files caveat

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its probe and search operation at the I-PAC office and premises of its director Pratik Jain in connection with the coal pilferage scam. The West Bengal government has also filed a caveat in the top court seeking that no order should be passed without hearing it in connection with Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids against political consultancy firm I-PAC. A caveat is filed by a litigant in high courts and the Supreme Court to ensure that no adverse order is passed against it without it being heard. The ED has also alleged that the chief minister entered the raid sites and took away "key" evidence, including physical documents and electronic devices from the premises of I-PAC and obstructed and interfered with the investigation in the case. The probe agency further claimed in its plea that the chief minister