Delhi High Court on Friday (February 23) dismissed TMC chief Mahua Moitraâs plea against the leakage of “sensitive” information to the media in relation to an Enforcement Directorate probe against her under FEMA. Mahua Moitra had moved Delhi High Court and sought course to restrain ED and 19 media homes from leaking, broadcasting and disseminating any “confidential or unverified information’ in relation to the ED investigation against her relating to proceedings under FEMA.
The High Court on Thursday reserved its order on Moitra’s plea.
“Dismissed,” stated Justice Subramonium Prasad whereas saying the decision.
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What went contained in the court docket?
During the listening to, ED had instructed the court docket it has not leaked any information to the media.
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The plea alleged that ED has willfully and maliciously leaked the main points of the FEMA Summons, in addition to the response submitted by the Petitioner to the February 14 Summons and delicate particulars of allegations being investigated against the Petitioner.
Mahua skips ED summons in FEMA case
TMC chief and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Monday skipped the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case. She was requested to seem earlier than ED on the company’s headquarters in Delhi with some paperwork associated to some overseas investments.
According to the sources, the TMC chief wrote to the federal company looking for 3-weeks time to seem earlier than it for questioning. However, the central company refused to grant that a lot time to the previous Lok Sabha MP.
ED investigation in FEMA case
During the investigation by the ED, a number of main revelations have come to gentle. According to ED sources, a number of overseas financial institution accounts belonging to Mahua Moitra have been recognized.Â
“Transactions conducted abroad have been traced. It was found that a room was booked for Mahua Moitra in a hotel abroad, with a rent of Rs 7 lakh. How can the rent of a hotel room be so high? Mahua Mitra did not provide correct information about the NRAI account,” stated sources.
(With ANI inputs)
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