India, April 22 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre's stand on a petition by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar against certain provisions of the anti-money laundering law and a probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him, while directing that the interim protection to him from coercive action will continue.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja made the central Government a party to the petition, filed in 2022, on a request by the Congress leader's senior counsel, Kapil Sibal, after the additional solicitor general (ASG) contended that a petition challenging a central enactment was not maintainable in the absence of the Union of India.

ASG SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said either S...