New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a petition moved by Deepak Kochhar, the husband of former ICICI Bank chairperson Chanda Kochhar, seeking quashing of the ED's FIR filed against him under money laundering case in connection with an alleged misappropriation in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan matter.
The bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani while seeking a response on the plea asked the ED to file a status report in the matter. The court granted time to the ED to file a status report on the issue of territorial jurisdiction and medical ground and listed the matter for further hearing on October 14.
Deepak Kochhar has also sought interim bail on the ground of his present medical condition as he is admitted to a private hospital here after being tested positive for COVID-19.
Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Vijay Aggarwal appeared for him stated that his arrest by the ED is "illegal" as he even has not been supplied a copy of the FIR registered by the ED against him.
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The Central government standing counsel Amit Mahajan, representing the ED, raised a preliminary objection on the maintainability of the petition. Kochhar has alleged that the ED has not followed the procedure prescribed under law and a copy of the FIR has not been supplied to him to date.