PMLA & Enforcement judgments · Batch 34

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1. SMT. JAYAMMA v. THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT
   Karnataka High Court · 2026-06-02 · WRIT PETITION NO. 28108 OF 2025 · the ED's attachment of MUDA sites based on a bare repetition of the statute was set aside, as section 5(1) needs recorded reasons to believe.
2. DINESH GUPTA v. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT
   Delhi High Court · 2026-05-30 · BAIL APPLN. 4709/2025 · Dinesh Gupta, ex-MD of Best Foods, accused of laundering a Rs. 1,740.30 crore loan fraud, got bail after ten months as the trial was far off.
3. Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited and Ors v. Directorate of Enforcement
   Kerala High Court · 2026-05-26 · WP(C) No. 15757 of 2024 · Cochin Minerals and Rutile and four officers failed to quash an ED ECIR and section 50 summons, as a summons is not a cause of action.
4. Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited v/s. Enforcement Directorate, Government of India
   Calcutta High Court · 2026-05-22 · CRR 1145 of 2024 · the ED's money-laundering case against Louis Dreyfus Company India was quashed, since the CBI had cleared the same letters of credit.
5. Rishu Shree v. The Union of India and Ors
   Patna High Court · 2026-05-18 · Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2942 of 2025 · a second ECIR under the PMLA on different scheduled offences was not quashed as evergreening, and section 50 statements and summons stood.
6. NARESH AGGARWAL & ORS v. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT
   Delhi High Court · 2026-05-14 · CRL.M.C. 7536/2025 & CRL.M.A. 31546/202 · a PMLA cognizance order passed without notice to the proposed accused, contrary to section 223 BNSS, was set aside by consent.
7. Digambar Kamat, Churchill Alemao v. Directorate of Enforcement
   Bombay High Court · 2026-05-04 · CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.22/2024 · the PMLA Special Court's cognizance of the ED's complaint could not stand without prior sanction under section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
8. Prakash Chandra Yadav v. Directorate of Enforcement
   Delhi High Court · 2026-04-30 · MISC. APPEAL(PMLA) 19/2024 · receiving Rs. 30 lakh in rupees by cheque from an NRE account was not dealing in foreign exchange under FERA; the Rs. 5 lakh penalty fell.
9. Tushar Sahu & Ors v. Deputy Director Directorate of Enforcement
   Chhattisgarh High Court · 2026-04-22 · MA No. 21 of 2026 with connected appeals (lead appeal MA No. 26 of 2026) · properties bought by a former Collector's family before the alleged offence are not immune from PMLA attachment, which can reach equal value.