Enforcement Directorate Powers

A senior bureaucrat and a former RJD MLA have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for their alleged involvement in a tender 'scam' in the Bihar power ministry.

The Supreme Court said on Friday that the power to arrest under the anti-money laundering law cannot be exercised according to the whims and fancies of the Enforcement Directorate officer.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accessed crucial documents on how suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan sold land owned by the people of Sandeshkhali.

BRS leader K Kavitha, arrested from her Hyderabad home by the Enforcement Directorate last evening in the Delhi liquor policy case, was today presented at the Rose Avenue court in the national capital.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's clarion call of 'Ma, Maati, Manush' (mother, land and people), which swept her into power in 2011, seems steeped in irony today against accounts of late-night molestation of women, rape, land grab, and harassment of t

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar claimed that no BJP leader has faced action from the Enforcement Directorate since the party has been in power.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed support for embattled Jharkhand Mukti Morcha boss Hemant Soren, who was arrested Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

A day after Bihar's big power shift, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in Patna this morning for questioning in the land-for-jobs case.

Backing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over Enforcement Directorate summoning him, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said Centre was misusing power to discourage those who do not have similar political views.

Supreme Court said its "limited ambit" was whether the 2022 verdict that had upheld the Enforcement Directorate's powers to arrest and attach property involved in money laundering was required to be reconsidered by a larger bench of five judges.

The extraordinary powers of the Enforcement Directorate will come under the scanner of the Supreme Court again with the judges agreeing to hear another batch of petitions challenging them.

The Supreme Court was told yesterday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been given "drastic powers" in investigating money laundering cases and these powers need to be reined in.

The Delhi High Court has held that the ED has the power to investigate and inquire into an offence of money laundering under the PMLA only, and it cannot assume that a predicate offence has been committed.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list a plea seeking review of its order upholding the Enforcement Directorate's powers related to arrest, attachment of property involved in money laundering, search and seizure.

Supreme Court last week upheld the validity of a wide range of powers granted to the Enforcement Directorate under the amended law

A senior bureaucrat and a former RJD MLA have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for their alleged involvement in a tender 'scam' in the Bihar power ministry.

The Supreme Court said on Friday that the power to arrest under the anti-money laundering law cannot be exercised according to the whims and fancies of the Enforcement Directorate officer.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accessed crucial documents on how suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan sold land owned by the people of Sandeshkhali.

BRS leader K Kavitha, arrested from her Hyderabad home by the Enforcement Directorate last evening in the Delhi liquor policy case, was today presented at the Rose Avenue court in the national capital.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's clarion call of 'Ma, Maati, Manush' (mother, land and people), which swept her into power in 2011, seems steeped in irony today against accounts of late-night molestation of women, rape, land grab, and harassment of t

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar claimed that no BJP leader has faced action from the Enforcement Directorate since the party has been in power.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed support for embattled Jharkhand Mukti Morcha boss Hemant Soren, who was arrested Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

A day after Bihar's big power shift, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in Patna this morning for questioning in the land-for-jobs case.

Backing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over Enforcement Directorate summoning him, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said Centre was misusing power to discourage those who do not have similar political views.

Supreme Court said its "limited ambit" was whether the 2022 verdict that had upheld the Enforcement Directorate's powers to arrest and attach property involved in money laundering was required to be reconsidered by a larger bench of five judges.

The extraordinary powers of the Enforcement Directorate will come under the scanner of the Supreme Court again with the judges agreeing to hear another batch of petitions challenging them.

The Supreme Court was told yesterday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been given "drastic powers" in investigating money laundering cases and these powers need to be reined in.

The Delhi High Court has held that the ED has the power to investigate and inquire into an offence of money laundering under the PMLA only, and it cannot assume that a predicate offence has been committed.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list a plea seeking review of its order upholding the Enforcement Directorate's powers related to arrest, attachment of property involved in money laundering, search and seizure.

Supreme Court last week upheld the validity of a wide range of powers granted to the Enforcement Directorate under the amended law