Ifci Limited Vs the Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement — Money Laundering | Delhi HC (2025)

Ifci Limited Vs the Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement — Money Laundering | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Present appeal withdrawn at the Appellant's instance following the Court's suggestion; leave and liberty granted to approach the Court after disposal of the pending review petition with liberty to challenge both the principal order and the order of review; limitation to be considered on return; hearing scheduled for 27.05.2025 cancelled.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Order dated 25.04.2025 should be rectified for its typographical statement that the review petition had been disposed of, when the review petition in fact remained pending before the Appellate Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

Court's answer

The review petition is still pending before the Appellate Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, notwithstanding the statement in the Order dated 25.04.2025 that it had been disposed of.

Ratio / Principle

The Court gave a suggestion to the learned Senior counsel to withdraw the present appeal and to approach the Court after the disposal of the review petition, with liberty to challenge both the principal order and the order of review in case the review was against the Appellant.

Key takeaways

Learned Senior counsel accepted the Court's suggestion and sought withdrawal of the present appeal; leave and liberty was granted to the Appellant.ratio¶19
The issue of limitation would be considered when the Appellant approaches the Court after disposal of the review petition.obiter¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court | MISC. APPEAL(PMLA) 22/2025 & CM APPL. 28625/2025 (Seeking rectification in order dt. 25.04.2025) | Decision: 13.05.2025 | Bench: Subramonium Prasad, J. & Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, J. IFCI Limited filed an application under Section 151 read with Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking rectification of a typographical error in the Court's Order dated 25.04.2025, which recorded that the review petition had been disposed of. The Appellant stated that the review petition is still pending before the Appellate Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The Court suggested withdrawal of the appeal, with liberty to approach it after disposal of the review petition and to challenge both the principal order and the order of review if the review was against the Appellant. Learned Senior counsel accepted the suggestion and sought withdrawal; leave and liberty was granted; the issue of limitation was reserved for consideration on return; and the hearing fixed for 27.05.2025 was cancelled.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- MISC. APPEAL(PMLA) 22/2025

IFCI LIMITED ......APPELLANT

Through: Mr. Madhav Khurana, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Pritpal Singh Nijjar, Mr. Ashish Garg & Mr. Teeksh Singhal, Advs.

versus

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....RESPONDENT Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain Spl. Counsel, Mr. Vivek Gurnani Panel Counsel with Mr. Kartik Sabharwal & Mr. Daanish Abbasi, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 13.05.2025

MISC. APPEAL(PMLA) 22/2025 & CM APPL. 28625/2025 (Seeking rectification in order dt. 25.04.2025)

This application is filed under Section 151 read with Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 on behalf of the Appellant seeking rectification of a typographical error in the Order dated 25.04.2025 where it is stated that the review petition has been disposed of.

It is stated by the Appellant that, in fact, the review petition is still pending before the Appellate Authority under Prevention of

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Money Laundering Act, 2002. This Court gave a suggestion to the learned Senior counsel to withdraw this appeal and to approach this Court after the disposal of the review petition with liberty to challenge both the principal order and the order of review, in case the review was against the Appellant.

Learned Senior counsel has accepted the suggestion as given by the Court and seeks to withdraw the present appeal.

Leave and liberty is granted to the Appellant.

Needless to state that the issue of limitation would be considered.

The next date of hearing i.e., 27.05.2025 stands cancelled.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

MAY 13, 2025/ v

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