Senior counsel Harish Salve sought the Supreme Courts intervention in curbing the “drastic powers” of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering probes, as he appeared for arrested M3M group directors Basant Bansal and Pankaj Bansal.
The Enforcement Directorate has been given enormous powers and if not reined in, “no one will be safe”, Senior Advocate Harish Salve told the Supreme Court, Bar and Bench reported.
Salve, along with Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, was arguing on behalf of the owners of the M3M real state group.
Supreme Court judge Justice K.V. Viswanathan on Monday recused himself from hearing petitions, including those filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in connection with a money laundering case linked to Gurugram-based realty group M3M.The .
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the nephew of a suspended judge, who was posted in a Panchkula special court, as part of a money laundering probe linked to a bribery case against the judicial officer, official sources said on Friday.