Govt Appoints Deputy and Assistant Legal Advisors as Special Public Prosecutors for ED before Special Courts under PMLA [Read Notification]
11 legal advisors were appointed as Special Public Prosecutors to represent the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
Govt Appoints Deputy – Assistant Legal Advisors – Special Public Prosecutors – ED – Special Courts under PMLA – TAXSCAN
Govt Appoints Deputy – Assistant Legal Advisors – Special Public Prosecutors – ED – Special Courts under PMLA – TAXSCAN
The Central Government has appointed 7 Deputy Legal Advisors and 4 Assistant Legal Advisors as Special Public Prosecutors to represent the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), before Special Courts.
This appointment is made under the powers conferred by Section 46 of PMLA, 2002, and the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
The appointees include:
- Ms. Sonali G Badhe, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri B. Naveen Kumar, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri D S Bharat Kumar, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri G. N. Ghosh, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri Arvind Kumar Shukla, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri J. Jasper Jacob Ponraj, Deputy Legal Advisor
- Shri Ankit Khanna, Assistant Legal Advisor
- Shri Gaurav Saini, Assistant Legal Advisor
- Shri Gaurav Dutt Sharma, Assistant Legal Advisor
- Shri Vijay Kumar Meena, Assistant Legal Advisor
- Shri Mayank Makhija, Assistant Legal Advisor
This notification supersedes the earlier order issued on March 6, 2014, while preserving actions already undertaken. The newly appointed prosecutors will strengthen ED’s legal representation in combating financial crimes under PMLA.
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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was established on May 1, 1956, as the "Enforcement Unit" under the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India. It was initially tasked with addressing violations of exchange control regulations under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (FERA '47).
In 1990, Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (FERA) was repealed and replaced by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), which became effective on June 1, 2000. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was tasked with enforcing FEMA to regulate cross-border financial transactions and promote external trade.
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In 2002, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was introduced, assigning the ED the responsibility for its enforcement starting July 1, 2005. Later, with the enactment of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) in 2018, the ED was designated to implement its provisions from April 21, 2018, targeting economic offenders who evade Indian law by fleeing the country.
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