ED Criticised for Adding Six-Year-Old FIR to ECIR to Keep PMLA Case Alive, Termed Illegal and Irrational: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has strongly criticised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for attempting to keep a money laundering proceeding alive after the First Information Report on which the Enforcement Case Information Report was originally based had already been closed by a competent court. Justice Anish Dayal, in a judgment delivered on August 18, 2026, held that the ED’s subsequent attempt to introduce an older FIR into the ECIR through an…