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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.

ED recovers huge cash haul from alleged aide of Jharkhand minister in Ranchi

ANI -
Enforcement Directorate has till now recovered Rs 20 crore from residence of a household help employed by Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary to Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam.

ED files money laundering case against YouTuber Elvish Yadav in snake venom case

ANI -
ED will probe alleged financial transactions associated with supply of snake venom at various locations including big hotels, clubs, resorts, and farmhouses in Delhi-NCR.

SC indicates it may grant interim bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for Lok Sabha polls

Bhadra Sinha -
Court will look into whether Kejriwal can be allowed to sign official file in case of interim release, it adds. Matter to come up for hearing 7 March.

Manish Sisodia moves Delhi HC challenging trial court’s refusal of bail in excise policy case

ANI -
In the case being investigated by the ED and CBI, the Rouse Avenue Court dismissed the bail petitions of Sisodia for the second time on 30 April.

Why was Arvind Kejriwal arrested ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Supreme Court asks ED

Bhadra Sinha -
Top court also enquires about time gap between initiation of proceedings & Delhi CM's arrest, and why unlawfully gained property was not attached before arrest.

ED ‘factor’ surfaces in Mumbai North West as ‘real’ and ‘fake’ Shiv Sainiks face off

Manasi Phadke -
Sena (UBT) candidate is Amol Kirtikar. Ravindra Waikar, a former close aide of Thackeray who defected to rival Shinde camp last month, was announced as Shinde Sena's nominee Tuesday.

CM Kejriwal files response to ED’s affidavit in SC, says ‘not a single rupee traced back to AAP’

ANI -
In his affidavit, jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says there's 'no proof' to demonstrate AAP received funds or kickbacks from South group, let alone utilised them in Goa poll campaign.

CBI registers 1st case against 5 TMC ‘strongmen’ in Sandeshkhali after receiving 50 emails from women

Ananya Bhardwaj -
CBI had created dedicated email ID for women to send their complaints to without fear. Individuals named in FIR are accused of grabbing land & sexually abusing women, it is learnt.

‘HC delaying verdict on my plea against ED arrest’: Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moves SC

PTI -
Soren was arrested on 31 January in the case after he resigned as the Jharkhand CM, and party loyalist and state transport minister Champai Soren was named as his successor.

Delhi Court extends judicial custody of Kejriwal, BRS leader Kavitha till 7 May in ED case

PTI -
Special judge for CBI and ED matters Kaveri Baweja extended their custody after they were produced before the court through video conference on expiry of their remand.
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