HC Admits ED Plea Against Quashing of Proceedings Against Ex-MUDA Official

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed an appeal before the High Court of Karnataka against the order of a single judge declaring that a search and seizure operation at the residence of Natesha DB, former commissioner of MUDA, in connection with the MUDA site allotment scam, is illegal, unwarranted and abuse of law.

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It has also challenged the liberty granted by the single judge to Natesha to initiate action under Section 62 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the ED officials.

Admitting ED's appeal, a division bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice MI Arun recorded the undertaking by senior counsel Dushyanth Dave, representing Natesha, that they will not act upon the liberty granted to them by the single judge against ED officials, during the pendency of the appeal.