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2024 (3) TMI 645

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..... invoked - the reasons assigned by the High Court in the impugned judgment cannot be sustained. Appeal allowed. - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT And HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. VISWANATHAN For the Petitioner : Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Parmatma Singh, AOR Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv. Ms. Aakriti Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Arpit Goel, Adv. Mr. Arpit Goel, Adv. Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Joseph Pookkatt, Adv. Mr. Nilesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, Adv. Ms. Awantika Manohar, Adv. For M/S. Ap J Chambers, AOR Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv. Mr. Parmatma Singh, Adv. Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR For the Respondent : M .....

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..... of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, `IPC ). Subsequent to the registration of the complaint, the Directorate of Enforcement, also registered ECIRs against the appellants and issued summons compelling their appearance. Challenging the said action of ED, the appellants, along with others, filed their respective writ petitions before the High Court seeking quashing of their summoning. The appellants primarily contended that Section 120-B of the IPC, in isolation, does not constitute a scheduled offence under the PMLA and, therefore, cannot serve as the sole basis for an investigation by the Directorate of Enforcement under the PMLA. The High Court, vide the impugned judgment, has held that Section 120-B IPC is a standalone scheduled of .....

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..... ur s case (supra) is pending consideration before this Court and in case the Review Petition is allowed, then the view taken by the High Court in the impugned judgment shall stand approved. Considering the above submission, we permit the Directorate of Enforcement to seek review/recall of this order, if so required, on the basis of the order that may be passed by this Court in the pending Review Petition. Ordered accordingly. WRIT PETITION (CRL.)No.281 of 2019 1. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner states that in view of the order of even date passed by this Court in Crl.A.Nos.1385-1389/2024 @ SLP(CRL.)Nos.9435-9439 of 2019, Crl.A.No.1390/2024 @ SLP(Crl.)No.9491/2019 and Crl.A.No.1391/2024 @ SLP(Crl.)No.9910/2019, he does not want to .....

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