India, Oct. 18 -- A special PMLA court has rejected two applications by Priti Choksi, wife of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, seeking cancellation of a bailable warrant issued against her in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money-laundering case linked to the Rs.13,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. The court held that she was aware of the proceedings and that the ED had neither suppressed facts nor misled it while obtaining the warrant.

Special judge Subhash K Karhale observed that Choksi had known about the case "since beginning" and could not insist that the agency serve summons at an overseas address that had not been duly established. The warrant was issued on August 9, 2023.

Choksi had argued that the ED knew she was...