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Sheetalkumar Manere v. Directorate of Enforcement

Karnataka HC15 Oct 2025WA/510/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Enforcement Directorate; jurisdictional transfer of investigation; ECIR No. BGZO/85/2022 registered against Sheetal Kumar Manare and others transferred from Bangalore Zonal Office to Mumbai Zonal Office-II by order dated 04.12.2024; writ appeal (W.A. No.510/2023 GM-RES, Section 4 Karnataka High Court Act) against Single Judge order dated 16.02.2023 in W.P.No.1269/2023 dismissed as infructuous; all contentions left open; High Court of Karnataka Division Bench (Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar A. Patil JJ.), decided 15 October 2025; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:41663-DB.

What did the court decide?

None to the appellants; the writ appeal was dismissed as having become infructuous, with all contentions left open to be adjudicated in the appropriate proceedings. ¶38

Sheetalkumar Manere Vs Directorate of Enforcement — Karnataka HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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NC: 2025:KHC:41663-DB W.A. No.510/2023

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 15^TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN

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AND

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL WRIT APPEAL NO.510/2023 (GM-RES)

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BETWEEN:

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Digitally signed by RUPA V Location: High Court Of Karnataka

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SHEETALKUMAR MANERE AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS S/O SHRI SUDHAKAR MANERE R/O 20/783/2, NARAYNI YESH LAXMI HALL ROAD ICHALKARANJI DIST KOLHAPUR-416115 MAHARASHTRA.

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JYOTI SHEETALKUMAR MANERE AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS W/O SHRI SHEETALKUMAR MANERE R/O 20/783/2, NARAYNI YESH LAXMI HALL ROAD ICHALKARANJI DIST KOLHAPUR-416115 MAHARASHTRA.

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…APPELLANTS

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(BY SRI. PATIL ADANAGOUDA BASANAGOUDA, ADV.,)

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AND:

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DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR BANGALORE ZONAL OFFICE BMTC B BLOCK, 3RD FLOOR SHANTINAGAR, KH ROAD WILSON GARDEN, BENGALURU-560027 KARNATAKA.

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…RESPONDENT

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NC: 2025:KHC:41663-DB W.A. No.510/2023

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HC-KAR

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(BY SRI. MADHUKAR M. DESHPANDE, ADV.,)

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THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 16.02.2023, PASSED BY THE Ld. SINGLE JUDGE OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU IN WRIT PETITION No. 1269/2023(GM-RES).

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THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL

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ORAL JUDGMENT

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(PER: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN)

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This writ appeal is filed by the appellants/petitioners

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challenging the order dated 16.02.2023 passed by the learned single Judge in W.P.No.1269/2023.

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It is submitted by the learned counsel for the

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respondent that the matter has been transferred from Bengaluru zone to Mumbai zone and a memo is placed on

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record to that effect which reads as under:

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"The Respondent submits that in pursuance of the order dated 04.12.2024, the instant case in ECIR No. BGZO/85/2022 registered against Sheetal Kumar Manare (Appellant herein) and others has been transferred from Bangalore Zonal Office to Mumbai Zonal Office-II. Copy of the order is

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