SC NOTICE ON ED PLEA

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the Bombay High Court's decision that declared the arrest of suspended IAS officer and Vasai-Virar City Municipal Commissioner Anilkumar Pawar as illegal.

- FPJ News Service

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order after hearing Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju for the ED.

During the hearing, the ASG told the bench that photographs of ornaments, said to have been recovered during raids, were taken before Pawar's arrest. "My lords will be shocked if you look at the WhatsApp chats," the ASG remarked. Senior Advocate Rajiv Shakdher, appearing for Pawar, opposed the plea and said that the case did not merit the Supreme Court's intervention. He argued that Pawar was not named in any of the five FIRS registered in the case and that, out of more than 40 builders accused, only one or two had been included in the prosecution complaint, Live Law reports.