2022 (10) TMI 1319

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...., Mr. Amit Kumar Mishra, Adv., Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR, Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv., Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv., Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv., Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv., Mr. Wedo Khalo, Adv., Ms. Anjani Kumar Rai, Adv., Mr. Abhijeet, Adv., Mr. Simarjeet Singh Sluja, Adv., Ms. Pratiksha Mishra, Adv., Mr. Nikhi Chandra Jaiswal, Adv., Mr. Divik Mathur, Adv., Mr. Surjendur Sankar Das, Adv., Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR, Mr. Ravinder Singh, Adv., Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Adv., Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv., Ms. Deeksha Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv., Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv., Mr. Joydeep Mazumdar, Adv., Mr. Vikas Kumar, Adv., Ms. Shalini Kaul, AOR, ORDER 1. These two applications have been taken out by the petitioner in connection w....

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....er had mentioned before us on 12th October 2022 that the petitioner was arrested on 10th October 2022 by the Enforcement Directorate. These two IAs were filed on 12th October 2022 itself, being I.A. No. 154274 of 2022 for impleading the Directorate of Enforcement as a partyrespondent to the present Special Leave Petitions and I.A. No. 154275 of 2022 for declaring the arrest of the petitioner as illegal. Such arrest was made by the Enforcement Directorate on the basis of Enforcement Case Information Report under No. KLZ0­II/19/2022 (ECIR). 4. We heard the above two applications on 18th October 2022. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner argued that when the latter was under the protective cover of....

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.... in this application, there is broad reference to the allegations which are being investigated by the CBI. Enforcement Directorate's case, however, is that various incriminating documents were seized during the course of the search conducted at the premises of the petitioner and evidence has surfaced as regards the role of the petitioner in money­laundering activities and proceeds of crime. 7. We cannot hold the arrest of the petitioner by the Enforcement Directorate illegal as the issue of money­laundering or there being proceeds of crime had not surfaced before the Single Judge or the Division Bench of the High Court. Before us, however, it had been brought to our notice by Mr. Rohatgi in course of hearing on the question of in....