New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by advocate Gautam Khaitan challenging the provisional attachment of his properties by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter case, holding that the legal issues raised by him are already under consideration in pending review petitions relating to the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgment.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined to examine the validity of the attachment proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), noting that the legality of Section 44(1)(c) of the statute is a subject matter of review before the Court.
"Since the issue of the applicability of t...