JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 24th April 2025 Pronounced on : 03rd July 2025 + CRL.M.C. 9462/2023 CRL.M.A. 35362/2023 CRL.M.A. 35363/2023 JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Aman Nandrajog, Mr. Prashant Patil, Mr. Gaurav Arora, Ms. Arshiya Ghosh, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel for ED with Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel for ED along with Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi, Mr. Kanishk Maurya and Mr. Sai M Sud, Mr. S. Vats, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT INDEX I. Factual Background ……………………………………..3 II. Case put up by Petitioner …………….………………….9 III. Case put up by ED……………………………….……..12 IV. Submissions on behalf of Petitioner………………….….18 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MANISH KUMAR CRL.M.C. 9462/2023 1/95 Signing Date:04.07.2025 10:35:46 V. Submissions on behalf of ED …….…………………..….25 VI. Submissions in Rejoinder made on behalf of Petitioner…36 VII. Analysis ………………………………………………….41 VII.A. Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors…………………...45 VII.B. Pavana Dibbur v. ED ………………………………..50 VII.C. Re: Petitioner’s ‘knowledge’………………………...55 VII.D. Re: Petitioner’s Omission…………………………..59 VII.E. Re: Petitioner as ‘witness’ …………………………..61 VII.F. Re: MCOCA and exoneration ……………………….65 VII.G. Re: Pick and choose by ED ...……………………….72 VII.H. Re: Quashing ……………….……………………….73 VII.I. Re: Petitioner’s Conduct…….. ………………………82 VIII. Conclusion ……………………..……………………………95 ANISH DAYAL, J. 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking quashing of ECIR/DLZO-II/54/2021 dated 8th August 2021 (‘impugned ECIR’) and 2nd supplementary complaint dated 17th August 2022 (‘impugned complaint’) filed