2024-02-29 11:00:02
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed that five district collectors of Tamil Nadu should appear before the ED. In connection with the investigation of money laundering in illegal mining, ED had issued summons to five district collectors against which the officials and the state government had approached the High Court and they got relief from there, after which the matter came before the Supreme Court. Came.
Supreme Court put a stay on the High Court order
A bench led by Justice Bela M Trivedi of the Supreme Court said that the application of the officials and the state government against the ED summons in this case is strange and surprising. Madras High Court had given relief to the five collectors. ED had challenged the High Court order in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has stayed the High Court order. The Supreme Court said that the writ of the officials and the state government before the High Court is a misleading step. The Supreme Court said that in such a situation, the order of the High Court is stayed and thus the district collectors will have to appear before the ED on the next date. During the last hearing, the Supreme Court had told the Tamil Nadu government that the state government should help the ED. The Supreme Court had said that the state machinery should assist the ED in investigating whether any crime has been committed and there is no malpractice in it.
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In fact, ED had summoned several district collectors of the state in connection with the investigation of money laundering related to illegal sand mining. The district collectors of Vellore, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Thanjavur and Ariyalur were summoned by the ED. Along with these officers, the state government had approached the High Court against the ED summons. The High Court had put a stay on the summons of the ED, after which the ED has approached the Supreme Court.