ED overstepped powers under PMLA by probing illegal sand mining: Madras High Court

Justices MS Ramesh and Sunder Mohan stayed all proceedings initiated against a bunch of sand mining contractors from Tamil Nadu and directed that their properties that ED had attached in the case be released.
Enforcement Directorate Delhi
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The Enforcement Directorate overstepped its jurisdiction by probing illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu since mining is not a scheduled offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Madras High Court recently held.

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