HC Cannot Direct ED to Register ECIR Based on Prima Facie Predicate Offence: SC

R. Madhavan Pillai Vs Rajendran Unnithan. S & Ors. Etc. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court of India has overturned a portion of a High Court judgment that directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR). The case, R. Madhavan Pillai Vs. Rajendran Unnithan. S & Ors. Etc., involved writ appeals where the High Court had ordered the ED to initiate an ECIR based on its assessment that a predicate offense under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) had occurred. The High Court’s directive stemmed from concerns about ...