SC Stays ED PMLA Probe on TASMAC

"ED is crossing all limits. You are totally violating the federal structure of the country" - Chief Justice of India BR Gavai

- Online Report

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the investigation and raid of the Enforcement Directorate against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) saying that the Enforcement Directorate was violating the federal structure of the country.

"Your ED is crossing all limits. How can there be the offence against the corporation?", Chief Justice of India BR Gavai asked Additional Solicitor General SV Raju. "ED is crossing all limits. You are totally violating the federal structure of the country," CJI Gavai said, Live Law reports.

A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih was hearing the petitions filed by the State of Tamil Nadu and TASMAC challenging Madras High Court's rejection of its plea against searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the State, said that the State itself has filed 41 FIRs against liquor outlet operators over allegations of corruption from 2014-21.