Bhagwat Sagar Ojha vs. Directorate Of Enforcement

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 1440/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14-12-2020 in WP No. 24502/2017 passed by the High Court Of Karnataka At Bengaluru) DR. MANJULA RAU Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE DIRECTOR, ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE & ANR. Respondent(s) (FOR I.R. and IA No.22936/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ) WITH SLP (CRL) NO. 1920/2021 (For I.R. AND EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP (CRL) NO. 1355/2021 (FOR I.R. AND EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. AND PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS / FACTS / ANNEXURES) SLP (CRL) NO. 1855/2021 (FOR I.R. ) Date : 05-03-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nagendra Naik, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Komal Mundhra, Adv. Mr. P.S. Narasimha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, Adv. Mr. Mukund M., Adv. Mr. Vidit Monga, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Mr. Vidit Monga, Adv. Digitally signed by MEENAKSHI KOHLI Date: 2021.03.08 16:33:54 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

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Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kiran S. Javali, Adv. Mr. Joseph Pookkatt, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Goswami, Adv. Mr. Nilesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, Adv. For M/s AP&J Chambers

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

These special leave petitions have been filed against common judgment dated 14.12.2020 passed by the High Court, by which the Criminal Petition No. 2540 of 2016 and connected writ petition were disposed of.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that this Court had already issued notice in SLP (Crl) No. 4466 of 2017 and other connected matters. It is further submitted that the petitioner cannot be prosecuted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Several additional submissions have been raised in other writ petitions, which need to be examined.

Issue notice on the special leave petitions as well as on the interim prayer for staying the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, returnable in four weeks.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to serve standing counsel for the respondent.

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (RENU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

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