GAUTAM KHAITAN & ANR vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 15.11.2025 LPA 72/2015, CM APPL. 2627/2015 & CM APPL. 13983/2017 GAUTAM KHAITAN & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Ramesh Singh, Senior Advocate along with Ms. Roopa Dayal and Mr. Shubham Jindal, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC along with Mr. Amit Singh, Advocate for R-1/UOI. Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel for ED; Mr. Vivek Gurnani - Panel counsel for ED along with Mr. Kartik Sabhwal; Mr. Pranjal Tripathi; Mr. Kanishk Maurya and Mr. S.K. Raqueeb, Advocates.. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. The present Appeal assails the correctness of the Judgment dated 04.02.2015 [hereinafter referred to as „IJ‟] passed by the learned Single Judge [hereinafter referred to as „LSJ‟], whereby the writ petition filed by the Appellants, seeking quashing of the Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) dated 15.11.2014 in connection with the 2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the brief facts leading to the filing of the present Appeal are that pursuant to a