Mehbooba Mufti moves Delhi HC challenging ED summons Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of summons issued to her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for March 15 in an alleged money laundering case. The 61-year-old PDP leader, who was released last year after more than a year in detention following the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, has been served notice to appear at the ED headquarters in the national capital. The petition is likely to be listed for hearing on Wednesday before a bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel. Besides, she has also sought to declare section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as void and inoperative, being unfairly discriminatory, bereft of safeguards, and violative of Article 20(3) of the Constitution.
Srinagar Mar 10 (PTK) :Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of summons issued to her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for March 15 in an alleged money laundering case.
The 61-year-old PDP leader, who was released last year after more than a year in detention following the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, has been served notice to appear at the ED headquarters in the national capital.
The petition is likely to be listed for hearing on Wednesday before a bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel.
Besides, she has also sought to declare section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as void and inoperative, being unfairly discriminatory, bereft of safeguards, and violative of Article 20(3) of the Constitution. (PTK)
