HC issues notice to ED in Ludhiana City Centre case

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 26

The High Court today issued a notice on a petition seeking the quashing of enforcement case investigation report (ECIR) in the Ludhiana City Centre case.

Justice Raj Mohan Singh also issued a notice regarding the stay on a petition filed against the Directorate of Enforcement and other respondents by Chetan Gupta through senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Vikram Chaudhari and counsel Sartaj Singh Gill.

The notice, issued for December 3, was accepted by senior counsel Arvind Moudgil and Kritin Sharma on ED’s behalf. Appearing before the Bench through video-conferencing, the senior counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had already been discharged by Ludhiana Special Judge vide order dated November 27, 2019. The order had attained finality.

The Bench was also told the ECIR was registered by the ED for the offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act but complaint had so far not been filed. The petitioner had not been joined in the ECIR, despite registration of the same in 2013.