Money Laundering Case: Delhi High Court To Hear Mehbooba Mufti's Plea In August

Mehbooba Mufti, in her plea filed in March, has also challenged issuance of summons to her by the ED in a money laundering case. She has sought to stay the summons, however, the court had refused to grant the relief at this stage.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will hear in August a plea by J&K's former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has been summoned by the ED, challenging the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh listed the matter for August 13 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested that the plea be heard on another day as he was busy with a part heard matter. Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, representing Ms Mufti, submitted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has file a compilation of judgements relied upon by them but the agency is yet to file a short note of submission on the facts of a money laundering case, as per the court's earlier direction. She sought that the court ask probe agency ED to file the submissions.