more-inThe Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the special court’s order discharging former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his industrialist brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. As per the lawyers associated with ED, the appeal has been filed against the trial court’s February 2 order and is likely to be listed soon for hearing. Dealing with the money laundering case, the trial court had observed that since the accused were discharged in the case of scheduled offence registered by the CBI, ED’s matter has become “groundless”. However, the special judge order had no effect on the two accused Malaysian nationals -- Ralph Marshall and T. Ananda Krishnan -- in the CBI’s case as it has already segregated the proceedings against them from that of Maran brothers and others. Money laundering caseIn the money laundering case, ED had chargesheeted the Maran brothers, Kalanithi's wife Kavery, Managing Director of South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) K Shanmugam, SAFL and Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd (SDTPL) under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2017 19:52 UTC