JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

* 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 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 under Sections 3 & 4 of The Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, (‘PMLA’) by the Directorate of Enforcement / Respondent (‘ED’) and all su