M/S Octal Suppliers Pvt. Ltd. v. Union Of India And ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) No. 12837/2018 & CM APPL. No. 49814/2018 M/S OCTAL SUPPLIERS PVT. LTD.

..... Petitioner Through:

Mr.

Abhimanyu Bhandari, Ms.

Nattasha Garg, Mr. Shivam Takiar, Mr. Somesh Tiwari & Mr. Jitender Bidhuri, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

..... Respondents Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI

O R D E R

% 31.01.2019 The petitioner has challenged action on part of respondent No. 2/Directorate of Enforcement, whereby vide communications dated 16.10.2018 and 17.10.2018, the petitioner's bank account at respondent No. 3 bank had been frozen.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that during the pendency of this petition, a provisional order of attachment dated 10.12.2018 has come to be passed by respondent No. 2 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, under which order the account that is subject matter of the present petition now stands attached. The petitioner states therefore, that by reason of the said provisional order of attachment, communications dated 16.10.2018 and 17.10.2018 are rendered irrelevant and invalid inasmuch as the petitioner will now have to

impugn the provisional order of attachment dated 10.12.2018. Accepting the above submission of the petitioner, the relief prayed for in this petition is rendered infructuous.

Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of, leaving the petitioner to avail its remedies against the provisional attachment order passed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 or otherwise, in accordance with law.

The petition is accordingly disposed of.

Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J.

JANUARY 31, 2019/uj