<h1>National Herald money laundering case: ED challenges trial court refusal to take cognisance, seeks stay to protect investigation.</h1> The ED has appealed a trial court order refusing cognisance of its PMLA chargesheet in the National Herald case because the prosecution was not founded on an FIR, arguing the ruling creates impermissible classes of scheduled offences and effectively rewrites statutory definitions in the PMLA. The ED seeks an ex parte stay to protect ongoing investigation efforts and attached proceeds of crime worth Rs 752 crore, noting its ECIR dated June 30, 2021, and alleging conspiracy and money laundering involving named individuals and Young Indian.