Finance Ministry appoints Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for conducting ED Cases before PMLA Special Courts [Read Notification]

The Finance Ministry has appointed Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) to represent the Enforcement Directorate (ED) before Special Courts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The notification enlists 53 advocates across various States and Union Territories as SPPs to prosecute cases on behalf of the ED. Their appointments, effective from the date of notification, will remain valid until the tenure end dates specified against each counsel’s name, extending largely to August 18, 2027, with some terms concluding earlier.

Here is the full list of personnel appointed as Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) before Special Courts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, as per the Finance Ministry notifications dated 4 September 2025:

State / UT-wise List of Appointed SPPs

Assam

1. Sh. Debashish Bhattacharya – Tenure till 18.08.2027

Goa 2. Sh. Tamir Taleigaonkar – 18.08.2027 3. Sh. Rohan Pandurang Desai – 18.08.2027

Haryana 4. Sh. Simon Benjamin – 18.08.2027 5. Sh. Atul Aggarwal – 18.08.2027 6. Sh. Vipul Joshi – 18.08.2027 7. Sh. Viresh Chaudhary – 18.08.2027

Karnataka 8. Sh. Prajwala M. P. Gowda – 22.01.2027 9. Sh. Rajesh K. G. – 31.03.2027

Maharashtra 10. Sh. Anil C. Singh – 25.09.2026 11. Smt. Manisha Jagtap – 18.08.2027 12. Sh. Atul S. Sarpande – 18.08.2027 13. Sh. Rajendra Ratanlal Bhatnagar – 18.08.2027 14. Sh. K. C. Prusty – 18.08.2027 15. Sh. Anil D. Yadav – 18.08.2027 16. Sh. Niranjan Pirajirao Bhavake – 18.08.2027 17. Sh. Abhinav Tewari – 18.08.2027 18. Sh. Y. R. Mishra – 18.08.2027 19. Smt. Sneha Goyal – 18.08.2027 20. Sh. Vinit Kulkarni – 18.08.2027 21. Sh. Dashrath Dube – 18.08.2027 22. Sh. Amit Mundey – 18.08.2027

Manipur 23. Sh. Pamei Khangsshinlung Rongmei – 18.08.2027 24. Sh. Laimayum Sevananda Sharma – 18.08.2027

Meghalaya 25. Sh. Nitin Khera – 18.08.2027

NCT of Delhi 26. Sh. Simon Benjamin – 06.07.2026 27. Sh. Vikas Kumar Pathak – 18.08.2027 28. Sh. Manish Jain – 10.07.2026

Odisha 29. Sh. Silabhadra Sastry – 18.08.2027 30. Sh. Kamdev Tripathi – 18.08.2027 31. Sh. Rabindranath Das – 18.08.2027 32. Sh. Ananta Prasad Tripathi – 18.08.2027 33. Sh. Sangram Keshari Burma – 18.08.2027

Tamil Nadu 34. Sh. K. R. Laxman – 18.08.2027 35. Sh. Vinu Priyanga – 18.08.2027 36. Sh. Gowri Shankar – 18.08.2027 37. Sh. Poornachandran S – 18.08.2027 38. Sh. A. Kumaraguran – 18.08.2027 39. Sh. R. Prathap Kumar – 18.08.2027 40. Sh. R. Uma Vijayan – 18.08.2027 41. Smt. G. Hema – 18.08.2027 42. Sh. P. Ajutagore – 18.08.2027 43. Sh. V. Balamurugan – 18.08.2027

Chandigarh (UT) 44. Sh. Sandeep Gorsi – 18.08.2027 45. Sh. Harneet Singh Oberoi – 18.08.2027 46. Sh. Anil Mehta – 07.12.2025

Jammu & Kashmir (UT) 47. Sh. Kuljeet Singh – 18.08.2027

Uttar Pradesh 48. Sh. Shushant Chandra – 22.01.2027

Uttarakhand 49. Sh. Yudhvir Handa – 18.08.2027

West Bengal 50. Sh. Krishnendu Dutta – 18.08.2027 51. Sh. Debayab Sen – 18.08.2027 52. Sh. Anirban Mitra – 18.08.2027 53. Sh. Arun Kumar Bhagat – 18.08.2027

All-India Appointment

54. Sh. Ankush Kumar Prajapati, Assistant Legal Advisor – Appointed as SPP with jurisdiction throughout India.

This move might ensure effective prosecution of money laundering cases and is expected to strengthen the Directorate of Enforcement’s ability to pursue high-profile economic offences and ensure faster trial proceedings before PMLA Special Courts.

The appointments are legally binding under the powers vested by the proviso to Section 46(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. By expanding its prosecutorial panel, the Finance Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to tightening India’s anti-money laundering framework.

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