Updated On: 26 January, 2023 03:04 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
A single-judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma observed that Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) empowers the ED to investigate Section 3 offences only

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The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) does not hold the power to probe any other offence except money laundering cases and cannot by itself assume that a predicate offence has been committed.
A single-judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma observed that Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) empowers the ED to investigate Section 3 offences only.