Sukhminder Singh Sodhi v. Enforcement Directorate & ORS.

$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + MISC. APPEAL(PMLA) 17/2025 & CM APPL. 19431/2025 (Delay of 51 days in filing the petition) SUKHMINDER SINGH SODHI .....PETITIONER Through:

Mr. Ajay Basutkar & Mr.

Shehan Ashraf, Advs.

versus ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE & ORS.

.....RESPONDENTS Through:

Mr.

Zoheb Hossain, Spl.

Counsel, Mr Vivek Gurnani, Panel counsel & Mr. Kanishk Maurya, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 24.04.2025 1.

The present Appeal under Section 42 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 has been preferred against the Order dated 19.11.2024 passed by the Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA in ECIR/03/AMZO/2015/1658.

2.

By way of the Impugned Order dated 19.11.2024, the Tribunal has dismissed the appeal of the Appellant solely on the ground that he had no locus standi to challenge the attachment of the bank accounts of the concerned company, which were attached by way of the Provisional Attachment Order dated 24.01.2023 passed by the Adjudicating Authority.

3.

Apropos to the Order dated 03.04.2025, the Status Report has The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

been filed by the Respondents/Enforcement Directorate. 4.

Paragraph 3 of the said Status Report reads as under: "3. That the owndership of the properties attached vide Provisional Attachment Order No. 06/2022 dt. 29th July, 2022 is as given under:

Sr.

No.

Details of property Owner Managed by Bank Balance available in account no. 25126002 of Caymari National Bank, Douglas, Isle of Man, in the name of Om Sodhi.

Sukhminder Singh Sodhi @ Om Sodhi M/s Suntera (IOM) Limited Bank Balance available in account of M/s Fair Bet Sports Limited having IBAN Number:

CZ148220000342163900000 6, Beneficiary BIC Code (SEPA region):

PAERCZ1XXX.

Sukhminder Singh Sodhi @ Om Sodhi M/s Suntera (IOM) Limited Bank Balance available in account of M/s Sports Target BV having IBAN Number:

CZ978220000334148053000 4, Beneficiary bank SWIFT code: PAERCZP1XXX.

Sukhminder Singh Sodhi @ Om Sodhi M/s Suntera (IOM) Limited All the movable and Immovable properties/assets including entire shareholding and bank balances of M/s Sports Target B.V, M/s Fair Sports Limited and M/s Mountbet Holdings Limited and any other entity (owned or held by Mr. Om Sodhi@ Sukhminder Singh Sodhi) managed by M/s Suntera (IOM) Limited.

Sukhminder Singh Sodhi @ Om Sodhi M/s Suntera (IOM) Limited 5.

In view of the Status Report, it cannot be said that the Petitioner does not have the locus to challenge the attachment order. 6.

Accordingly, the impugned Order dated 19.11.2024 is set aside The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

and the matter is remanded back to the Tribunal, to be decided on merits.

7.

The present Appeal is accordingly disposed of. Pending applications, if any, are also disposed of.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

APRIL 24, 2025/v The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.