Petition against the Directorate of Enforcement challenging cognizance of an ED complaint was disposed of after ED noted the petitioner had already been heard at cognizance. Petitioner granted liberty to raise all grounds before the Special Judge in the hearing under section 223 BNSS; rights and contentions left open.
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ROHIT VIJ .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Ankit Batra, Mr. Shadman Siddiqui, Ms. Akshara Pareek and Ms. A. Shrivastava, Advocates.
versus
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Panel Counsel with Mr. Kartik Sabharwal, Mr. Pranjal Tripathi and Mr. Kanishk Maurya, Advocates for Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Special Counsel.
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI
O R D E R
% 10.02.2026
CRL.M.A. 4543/2026 (exemption)
Exemption granted, subject to just exceptions.
Let requisite compliances be made within 01 week.
The application stands disposed of.
CRL.M.C. 1140/2026
At the outset, Mr. Vivek Gurnani, learned Panel counsel appearing for the respondent/Directorate of Enforcement (‘ED’) states that the petitioner has already been heard by the learned Special Judge at the stage of taking cognizance of the ED’s complaint under section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (‘BNSS’).
CRL.M.C. 1140/2026
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Counsel submits that the petitioner is entitled to raise the issues, which have been raised by way of the present petition, in the course of hearing before the learned Special Judge.
In view of the above, after a brief hearing in the matter, and as prayed-for by learned counsel for the petitioner, the present petition is disposed-of, with liberty to the petitioner to raise all the grounds taken in the present petition before the learned Special Judge in the course of the hearing under section 223 of the BNSS.
Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed-of.
All rights and contentions of the parties are left open.
Needless to add, this court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter.
ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J
FEBRUARY 10, 2026/ ak
CRL.M.C. 1140/2026
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Rohit Vij
Directorate of Enforcement
Anup Jairam Bhambhani
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