Money laundering case: Shilpa Shetty, husband challenge ED notices in HC | Indian News

The couple’s advocate Prashant Patil said that Shetty and Kundra received the eviction notices only on October 3. He terminated the arbitrary and illegal notices and sought them to be quashed.

According to the pleas, there is no serious urgency for the petitioners to vacate their premises and that the issuance of such eviction notices was uncalled for.

The petitioners are also seeking relief on humanitarian grounds as the premise in question is their residential premise in which they have been staying with their family of six members for almost two decades, the petitioners said.

The pleas also sought HC to stay the effect of the eviction notices.

As per the pleas, the ED had in 2018 filed a complaint against one Amit Bhardwaj and others for an alleged Bitcoin fraud and on charges of money laundering. Both Shetty and her husband have not been named as accused in the case.

The ED, during his probe, had summoned Kundra for questioning on several occasions. Kundra had appeared before the agency after each summons, the pleas said.

In April 2024, Shetty and Kundra received a notice based on an order passed by the ED provisionally attaching their assets including their residential premise in Juhu that had been purchased by Kundra’s father in 2009.

Both Shetty and Kundra submitted their response to the notice.

However, in contravention to the provisions of law, the adjudicating authority confirmed the provisional attachment order on September 18, 2024. This order clearly states that the attachment is confirmed only until the conclusion of trial and is subject to its outcome, the pleas said.

The petitioners (Shetty and Kundra) on October 3 received two notices dated September 27, 2024, directing them to vacate their residential premises and the farmhouse, the petitioners said.

The petitions said no eviction order/notice can be issued prior to conviction.

The pleas added that their residential premise has no connection with the scheduled offense or any proceeds of crime.

The petitions further claimed that Kundra had absolutely no connection with the alleged fraud.

First Published: Oct 09 2024 | 2:52 PM IST