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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.

Delhi Court rejects Kejriwal’s plea seeking daily consultation with doctor

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The Delhi CM, in his pleas, had also sought permission to start the 'Insulin Reversal Programme' from 1 February, 2024 under careful medical supervision,

Delhi court gives Kejriwal time to file response to ED’s reply

ANI -
Agency filed a reply on Delhi CM's plea seeking supply of deficient documents filed along with complaint. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has listed matter on 4 May.

Delhi court gives Kejriwal time to file response to ED’s reply

ANI -
Agency filed a reply on Delhi CM's plea seeking supply of deficient documents filed along with complaint. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has listed matter on 4 May.

ED accuses diabetic Kejriwal of eating mangoes, sweets sent from home, suspects ‘ploy to get bail’

Bismee Taskin -
Food items including mangoes & sweets are being sent from Delhi CM Kejriwal's home after court's permission. AAP chief’s counsel says ED’s submissions are for 'media consumption'.

‘Is Dogra identity less than others?’ Congress candidate Lal Singh bats for Article 371 for Jammu

Amogh Rohmetra -
Abrogation of Article 370 only increased problems & created fresh ones in J&K, says Chaudhary Lal Singh, Congress's candidate for Udhampur-Doda, who returned to party in March.

ED arrests Chanpreet Singh, man who ‘managed’ AAP’s funds for 2022 Goa polls

PTI -
Singh was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on 12 April. This is the 17th arrest in the case by the ED.

Arvind Kejriwal moves SC after HC dismisses plea challenging arrest in Delhi excise policy case

PTI -
The Delhi High Court, Tuesday, upheld Kejriwal's arrest in the money laundering case, saying the ED was left with 'little option' after he skipped repeated summonses

ED has enough material remand not ‘illegal’ — Delhi HC dismisses Kejriwal’s plea against arrest by ED

ANI -
Arrest & remand have to be examined in accordance with law & not timing of elections, says bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.

Delhi court extends K Kavitha’s judicial custody till 23 April in excise policy case

ANI -
The Special Judge, Kaveri Baweja, extended the custody stating that the BRS leader made attempts to influence the witnesses, and tampered with evidence linked to the case.

‘No predicate offence’: SC questions ED case against ex-IAS officer & son in Chhattisgarh ‘liquor scam’

Bhadra Sinha -
The bench was hearing former IAS officer Atul Tuteja and his son Yash’s petition assailing the ED’s move to initiate a probe against them under the PMLA based on an income tax raid.
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