The Supreme Court has severely rapped the Enforcement Directorate and stayed its money laundering probe against Tamil Nadu’s state-run liquor retailer Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) over alleged corruption in grant of wine shop licences, observing the central agency is ‘crossing all limits’ and violating the federal concept of governance.
According to PTI, Issuing notice to the ED on the plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government and Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih told Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the anti-money laundering probe agency, that “Your ED is crossing all the limits.”
The anti-money laundering probe agency has been rapped by several benches of the top court for allegedly misusing the rigours of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Opposition parties too have protested against the alleged abuse of PMLA provisions by the ED against the government’s political opponents.
“Your ED is crossing all limits,” a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih told Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the ED while issuing notice to the anti-money laundering probe agency on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government and TASMAC.
