Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Former RCOM Executive In Alleged ₹149.77 Crore Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted regular bail to former Reliance Communications (RCOM) executive Punit Narendra Garg in a money laundering case involving alleged diversion of loan funds used to acquire a yacht and an overseas apartment. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that transactions involving these assets and payments towards his daughters' educational expenses generated proceeds of crime worth approximately ₹149.77 crore.Justice Sanjeev Narula held that Garg's...

Bombay High Court Directs ED To Issue NOC For Society Redevelopment Despite PMLA Attachment Of One Flat

The Bombay High Court on 13 October directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to issue a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to Antaral Co-operative Housing Society within six weeks for redevelopment of its building, subject to safeguards preserving the ED's rights over an attached flat. A Division Bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Ashish S. Chavan allowed the Society's writ petition based on its undertaking dated 24 September 2026 to comply with the stipulated safeguards. The judges said: “We...

Kerala High Court Dismisses Ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan's Plea To Appeal Against FIR Direction In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the leave petitions filed by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena Vijayan and former Minister Mohammed Riyas, seeking permission to appeal against a Single Bench order directing the registration of an FIR against them in the CMRL Exalogic case.On October 9, a Single Judge Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen directed the registration of an FIR against Pinarayi Vijayan, Veena Vijayan, and Mohammed Riyas over alleged offences under the...

Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Raheja Developers' Ex-Director In ₹2,425 Crore Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to Nayan N. Raheja, former director of Raheja Developers Ltd. (RDL), in a money laundering case involving alleged proceeds of crime worth ₹2,425.99 crore.Justice Amit Bansal passed the order on Raheja's anticipatory bail application challenging the Saket District Court's September 19, 2026 order rejecting Raheja's anticipatory bail plea.“Consequently, the present bail application is dismissed.", the High Court said while...

Kerala High Court Orders FIR Against Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the registration of an FIR against Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena Vijayan, and former minister Mohammed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic case over alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Justice A. Badharudeen passed the order on a petition filed by advocate K.M. Shajahan, who sought an FIR based on material forwarded by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The petitioner also sought to transfer the investigation to the Vigilance and...

PMLA Not Meant For Private Property Disputes, ED Must Prioritise Public Money Cases: Madras High Court

On 6 October, the Madras High Court observed that the stringent provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) are not meant to be invoked in disputes that are essentially between private individuals over private property, and that the Enforcement Directorate should prioritise cases involving public money, corruption and scams of national consequence. Justice N Ramesh granted bail to Ala Alagappan, the third accused in an ED money laundering case arising from allegations that his...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses JSW Steel's Plea Over PMLA Attachment Linked To Alleged Illegal Iron Ore Transactions

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed JSW Steel's challenge to a PMLA Appellate Tribunal order concerning the attachment of its bank accounts totalling ₹24.37 crore over alleged proceeds from illegally mined iron ore supplied to the company.The Court held that JSW had been permitted to raise all factual and legal submissions before the Tribunal and therefore its grievance that the matter should have been remanded was untenable.A division bench of Justices D.K. Singh and T.M. Nadaf said...

Delhi High Court Sets Up Ex-CJI Sanjiv Khanna-Led Panel To Verify 1,650 Greenopolis Homebuyer Claims

The Delhi High Court has set aside a November 27, 2025, order directing restoration of properties attached by the Enforcement Directorate in the Greenopolis housing project case. It has appointed a three-member Monitoring Committee to verify genuine homebuyer claims and streamline the restitution process. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani appointed former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the committee's chairperson. The committee will also comprise former...

CMRL-Exalogic Case: Kerala HC Reserves Order On Legality Of Preliminary Enquiry Without FIR Into Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on whether the State Government can conduct a preliminary enquiry before registering a First Information Report on the basis of material forwarded by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the CMRL-Exalogic case.Justice A. Badharudeen was hearing a plea filed by Advocate K.M. Shajahan, seeking directions for registration of an FIR against former Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan,...

Karnataka High Court Retains Ozone Urbana Buyer & ED Cases, Quashes Contractor's Criminal Proceedings

The Karnataka High Court on 21 September held that criminal proceedings cannot be used to recover alleged dues arising from a purely civil dispute, while refusing to quash proceedings against Ozone Urbana Infra Developers Private Limited and its office bearers over home buyers' complaints alleging non-delivery of flats, diversion of project funds and other financial irregularities. Justice M. Nagaprasanna quashed the proceedings arising from a contractor's complaint alleging non-payment for...

Delhi High Court Grants Medical Bail To Former Reliance Executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala PMLA Case

On 22 September, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail to former Reliance executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case concerning the alleged diversion and layering of Rs. 15,933.65 crore through shell and group entities. Justice Madhu Jain granted the bail on medical grounds, holding that he fell within the expression “sick or infirm” under Section 45(1) of the PMLA. The Bench held: “Having regard to the totality of the circumstances, this Court is...

Bombay High Court Quashes Former Lodha Developers Executive's PMLA Arrest For Lack Of Fresh Material

On 21 September, the Bombay High Court allowed former Lodha Developers executive Rajendra Narpatmal Lodha's writ petition and set aside the remand order dated 13 February 2026 passed in connection with the Enforcement Case Information Report registered by the ED. Justice Milind N. Jadhav held that the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest a person on the basis of material on which it had earlier sought a Special Court's permission to record his statement, unless fresh incriminating material or...