New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought the Supreme Court (SC)'s intervention to set aside the Delhi High Court's May 2026 order quashing the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) FIR in the NewsClick case.

The agency argued that the High Court overlooked material evidence and conducted a mini-trial at the stage of a writ petition.

The ED's Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenges the High Court's decision, which held that the essential ingredients of cheating and criminal conspiracy under Sections 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were not made out in the case.

The agency has argued that the High Court failed to consider emails, statements and other material allegedly indicating that the funding arrangements...