ED’s search and seizure operations are not independent ‘civil actions’: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court ruled that Enforcement Directorate (ED) search and seizure operations under the PMLA are not independent civil actions but are intrinsically linked to criminal investigations. This decision limits the ED's ability to treat these actions as separate from predicate criminal offenses.
In a setback to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (August 5) declared that the search and seizure actions under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cannot be treated as independent civil proceedings detached from the criminal investigation that gives them birth.
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