Sun TV moved the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging the attachment of assets estimated at Rs. 742 crore by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case.
It has approached the apex court following the Madras High Court’s refusal to entertain its petition in June on the ground that the matter was part of the 2G spectrum scam cases, in which case aggrieved persons should directly approach the apex court and not any of the High Courts.
The Madras High Court had given it the liberty to approach the Supreme Court even as Sun TV maintained that the assets have nothing to do with the 2G investigations. It maintained that the assets were acquired much before the agencies started their investigations into the Aircel-Maxis case.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Sun TV, that the plea would come up in due course for consideration.
Recent developments
>ED summons Maran brothers
The agency is expected to issue an attachment order for seizing assets worth over Rs. 600 crore in the case before which questioning of the accused is necessary.
>Supreme Court refuses to hear Marans’ plea
The Marans argued that the Special Court had no jurisdiction to summon them as the case concerned a “personal dispute” and had no relation to the spectrum scam.
>Enforcement Directorate attaches Marans’ assets
Rs. 742.58 crore of property, investments held by Dayanidhi Maran and brother Kalanithi Maran and wife Kaveri Kalanithi impounded
