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Topic: Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a central agency working directly under the Ministry of Finance, tasked with investigating and enforcing laws related to financial offenses. Its origin goes back to 1 May, 1956, when an Enforcement Unit was formed in the Department of Economic Affairs for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. The following year, this Unit was renamed as Enforcement Directorate.

The ED’s mandate encompasses investigating offenses under significant legislative frameworks such as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999 (FEMA), and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018 (FEOA). The agency investigates individuals and entities involved in financial wrongdoing. This may include tracing illicit funds, seizing assets acquired through illegal means, and prosecuting offenders to ensure accountability and deterrence.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the ED operates through a network of regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata.

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SC grants interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal in ED case, refers ‘need’ for arrest to larger bench

Bhadra Sinha -
The Delhi chief minister will, however, remain in jail as he was also arrested by the CBI in the Delhi excise policy case.

After HC stays Kejriwal’s bail, lawyers flag judge’s conflict of interest, ‘unprecedented practices’

Mayank Kumar -
In a letter to CJI, 157 lawyers cite irregularities, including taking up ED's appeal against Delhi CM's bail before trial court order was up & admin order restricting vacation courts.

Jharkhand HC grants bail to former CM Hemant Soren in ‘land scam’ case

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Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to land scam. The...

HC stays bail granted to Kejriwal in Delhi excise case. ‘Trial court has not applied its mind’

Apoorva Mandhani -
It objects to court not going through voluminous record before issuing order. Judge did not appropriately appreciate material on record & averments of ED, high court adds.

Excise policy ‘scam’: Kejriwal moves SC against HC’s interim stay on bail order in ED case

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's interim stay on a trial court's order...

‘If investigation is an art, anyone can be implicated artistically’ — court in Kejriwal bail order

Mayank Kumar -
Court says ED ‘silent’ on Kejriwal's contention that he was not named in CBI FIR or ED ECIR, adds agency, too, believes evidence on record is insufficient to proceed against Delhi CM.

Delhi court grants bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy case

Mayank Kumar -
Turning down ED counsel’s request to stay order granting bail to Kejriwal, Delhi court has ordered that bail bond of Rs 1 lakh be signed Friday.

ED makes 3rd arrest in Rajasthan’s Jal Jeevan Mission ‘irregularities’ case

PTI -
Mahesh Mittal, owner of Shree Ganpati Tubewell Company, was taken into custody Wednesday.

‘Ulterior motive’ — tribunal order quashing ED attachment of NCP MP Praful Patel’s Rs 180 cr properties

Mayank Kumar -
Properties in Mumbai were attached by ED in 2022 as part of probe into a money laundering case arising out of a 1994 FIR against now-slain Dawood aide Iqbal Memon, alias Iqbal Mirchi.
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