The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan in the alleged corruption case related to Delhi Waqf Board. .A Division Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Rajnish Bhatnagar adjourned the case to February 7 after being informed that the senior counsel representing Khan is not available today. The Court clarified that it has not issued notices on either the plea or the interim relief application filed by Khan. .Amanatullah Khan has approached the High Court challenging the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR against him, and the ED proceedings He has also assailed the validity of Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The money laundering case against him relates to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment. It is alleged that when Khan was the Chairman of the Waqf Board, he illegally recruited people in violation of the law. The ACB booked him in the case and subsequently, the ED proceedings began. .It is Khan's case that the proceedings against him are a "classic case of harassment and persecution" and even the CBI has said that there was no exchange of money. He said that no proceeds of crime have been identified either in the predicate offence or the PMLA case.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan in the alleged corruption case related to Delhi Waqf Board. .A Division Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Rajnish Bhatnagar adjourned the case to February 7 after being informed that the senior counsel representing Khan is not available today. The Court clarified that it has not issued notices on either the plea or the interim relief application filed by Khan. .Amanatullah Khan has approached the High Court challenging the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR against him, and the ED proceedings He has also assailed the validity of Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The money laundering case against him relates to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment. It is alleged that when Khan was the Chairman of the Waqf Board, he illegally recruited people in violation of the law. The ACB booked him in the case and subsequently, the ED proceedings began. .It is Khan's case that the proceedings against him are a "classic case of harassment and persecution" and even the CBI has said that there was no exchange of money. He said that no proceeds of crime have been identified either in the predicate offence or the PMLA case.