2021 (2) TMI 488

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....revention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (hereinafter referred as "PML Act"), by which the attachment of the bank account of the Petitioner has been confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority. 3. Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, ld. counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Petitioner had moved a specific application dated 14th December 2020, in OA no. 396/2020, with the following prayers: "1. Pass necessary order and direction hereby directing the Applicant (ED) to supply the following document at the earliest: A. Letter of request dated 12.11.2018, received from central authority of brazil seeking legal assistance in criminal matter from the Applicant (ED) along with all the communication to and from the Brazilian Competent Authori....

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..../ freezing of the said bank account to the tune of Rs. 5.81 crores. It is a matter of record that when the initial attachment of the bank account had taken place, the Petitioner had approached this Court by filing a writ petition bearing no. W.P.(C) 5235/2020, titled M/S Hamilton Housewares Pvt. Ltd. v. Directorate of Enforcement, in which, vide order dated 26th August, 2020, the amount which was frozen was restricted to a sum of USD 20,000. Despite this order continuing to be operating in favour of the Petitioner, the entire bank account of the Petitioner has been attached by the Directorate of Enforcement, subject to directions of the High Court in the writ petition. 5. Mr. Ravi Prakash, ld. counsel appearing for the Directorate of Enf....