HC asks ED to submit documents related to search at Virbhadra's residence premises

23 May 2016 Evaluate

The Delhi High Court asked the Enforcement Directorate to submit all the documents in a sealed cover, related to the search conducted at the residence of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who has been accused in a money laundering case. Singh had earlier approached the court seeking directions to the ED to provide him with the reasons on the basis of which search and seizure was carried out at his premises in the case.

The petition was moved on May 16 before Justice Manmohan who had then listed the matter for hearing today. In his petition, Singh has sought quashing of the April 19 order of the adjudicating authority and the May 12 decision of the appellate tribunal, which dismissed his pleas to provide him with the reasons to believe, which formed the basis for the search and seizure of documents. In his plea, he has contended that reasons for initiating the search are ex-facie illegal, arbitrary and liable to be quashed.

On September 26 last year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had searched the Chief Minister's residence and 10 other places in connection with the case. Later, the ED conducted raids and summoned Singh for questioning in Delhi after the registration of the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

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