The Centre on May 8 informed the Supreme Court that Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure will not continue in office beyond November 2023.
Appearing before a three-judge Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Mr. Mishra was given his third extension keeping in view the ongoing evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
The Supreme Court reserved the petitions challenging the “piecemeal” extensions granted to Mr. Mishra for judgment. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, for a petitioner, submitted that such short tenures affect institutional integrity. Advocate Prashant Bhushan argued that “95% political personalities arrested in money laundering cases are from the Opposition”
