Madras HC quashes ED case against former Union Minister Jagatharakshakan

Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday quashed a money laundering case against DMK MP and former Union Minister S. Jagatharakshakan.A division bench of Justices P.N. Prakash and R.M.T. Teekaa Raman allowed a writ petition filed by the DMK leader and quashed the Enforcement Directorate Information Report (EDIR), registered on June 12, 2020, on the basis of two FIRs that the CB-CID filed against him.Jagatharakshakan, Member of Parliament from Arkonam constituency, was booked for allegedly usurping properties belonging to Chrome Leather company.The division bench, in its order, said that a single bench of the high court had cancelled the two FIRs registered by the CB-CID and as per a Supreme Court judgment in the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary case, the ED will not be able to proceed with its EDIR.It agreed with senior counsel Manishankar, representing Jagatharakashakan, saying that as a court of law had quashed a case related to the FIR, the ED could not be allowed to proceed further.
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