Ms Deepali Katyal v. Union of India through Seceratary Ministry of Finance & Anr.
PMLA – Provisional attachment – Writ petition
Case brief
What is this about?
Deepali Katyal v. Union of India, W.P.(C) 1554/2025 & CM APPL.7634/2025 (Delhi HC, Sachin Datta J., 20.02.2025): writ challenge to PMLA provisional attachment orders (PAO No.06/2024 dt 06.08.2024 in ECIR/GNZO/04/2023/7859; PAO dt 15.01.2025) and to Adjudicating Authority confirmation order dt 29.01.2025; disposed on ground of alternative appellate remedy under Section 26 PMLA before the Appellate Tribunal; pleas of coram non-judice (single-member Bench, no Chairperson) and Section 14 Hindu Succession Act immunity (properties received as permanent alimony under divorce decree dt 27.05.2016) left open; liberty to seek interim relief before the Tribunal.
What did the court decide?
No relief on merits; petition disposed of with liberty to pursue the statutory appeal under Section 26 PMLA before the Appellate Tribunal and to seek appropriate interim relief there.