Published on : 15 Nov 2025, 1:15 pm 3 min read

The Delhi High Court on Friday censured the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for freezing a woman’s bank account merely on the basis of suspicion [Directorate of Enforcement Through Deputy Director v Poonam Malik] .

A bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar also found that there was hardly any application of mind by the Adjudicating Authority which allowed the continuation of the freezing order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Court held that ED's application for continuation of the freeze as well the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority conflated legal concepts of “retention”, “continuation” and “confirmation”.

They ended up serving a khichdi , the Court said.

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