By Shruti Shreya, 11 Oct, 2024
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra will not get eviction letters from the Enforcement Directorate until the tribunal has had a chance to consider their appeal against the property attachment.
Actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband, Raj Kundra, received eviction notices from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 27 ordering them to leave their home in Mumbai’s Juhu area and a farmhouse in Pune as part of an investigation into a money laundering case.
Actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband, Raj Kundra, received eviction notices from the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
On Thursday, October 10, 2024, the ED notified the Bombay High Court that it would not enforce the eviction notices until their appeal contesting a property attachment order is reviewed and resolved by an appellate tribunal.
The couple was granted permission to submit their motion for a stay by the bench, which included Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P.K. Chavan. The bench also declared that no action would be taken about the eviction notices until the appellate body made a decision on their appeal.
This stay order from the High Court will stay in effect until the Delhi appellate body makes a decision regarding the couple’s appeal of the September 18 verdict from the PMLA panel.
Furthermore, the court stated that the enforcement of the decision would be postponed for an extra two weeks in the event that the appellate authority rendered a decision that was unfavourable to the couple.
Bar and Bench claims that Prashant Patil, the petitioners’ attorney, emphasised throughout the hearing that under the PMLA
Bar and Bench claims that Prashant Patil, the petitioners’ attorney, emphasised throughout the hearing that under the PMLA, impacted parties have 45 days to contest a PAO at the PMLA Appellate Tribunal in Delhi following its confirmation by an adjudicating authority.
The court asked if the petitioner should have gone to the PMLA Appellate Tribunal instead of the High Court and whether a stay on eviction could be given until the petitioner’s request was resolved by the Appellate Tribunal.
Satya Prakash, the special counsel for the ED, told the court that he would confer with the agency and present its case. The petitions were scheduled for hearing by a division bench consisting of Justices Prithviraj Chavan and Revati Mohite Dere.
The court recorded Prakash’s statement during the session and dismissed the couple’s writ suit because he said the ED would not proceed with the eviction letters until the Appellate Tribunal considered their request for a stay.
