ABDUL HAMEED REHMANI vs SPECIAL DIRECTOR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 27.10.2025 CRL.A. 701/2007, CRL.M.A. 12607/2007, CRL.M.A. 29294/2023 & CRL.M.A. 29293/2023 ABDUL HAMEED REHMANI .....Appellant Through: Mr. RK Handoo, Advocate. versus SPECIAL DIRECTOR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J CRL.M.A. 29294/2023 (condonation of delay) 1. The applicant, Mohammad Rehmani, by way of the present application, seeks condonation of delay of 3621 days, in filing an application for his impleadment as the legal heir of late Abdul Hameed Rehmani (CRL.M.A. 29293/2023), in order to pursue the above-captioned appeal. 2. The facts and events relevant for deciding the present application are as follows. A Show Cause Notice had been issued by the adjudicating officer, i.e., the Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Delhi [hereafter ‘DoE’], to the Abdul Kalam Azad CRL.M.A. 29294/2023 in CRL.A. 701/2007 2001. 3. At this juncture, it is pertinent to note that FERA was repealed by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 [hereafter ‘FEMA, 1999’], with effect from 01.06.20