<p>A Division Bench comprising Justices Imtiaz Murtaza and S S Tewari in its order said the matter needed a thorough probe. Since the shell companies to whom money was allegedly transferred were registered in different states, the ED was the right agency to probe the case.<br /><br />Lucknow-based lawyer Shivakant Tripathi had in 2009 lodged a case at a Kanpur police station charging Amar Singh with money laundering through shell companies. <br /><br />The complainant alleged that Singh had committed the fraud while he was the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Development Council in 2003 during the Mulayam Singh regime.<br />‘Politically motivated’<br /><br />Amar Singh had moved the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR against him on the ground that they were “politically motivated.” <br /><br />Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani had appeared for Amar Singh.The court directed the ED to start the investigation within two weeks and submit a status report within a month. It posted the matter for further hearing in July next.</p>
<p>A Division Bench comprising Justices Imtiaz Murtaza and S S Tewari in its order said the matter needed a thorough probe. Since the shell companies to whom money was allegedly transferred were registered in different states, the ED was the right agency to probe the case.<br /><br />Lucknow-based lawyer Shivakant Tripathi had in 2009 lodged a case at a Kanpur police station charging Amar Singh with money laundering through shell companies. <br /><br />The complainant alleged that Singh had committed the fraud while he was the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Development Council in 2003 during the Mulayam Singh regime.<br />‘Politically motivated’<br /><br />Amar Singh had moved the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR against him on the ground that they were “politically motivated.” <br /><br />Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani had appeared for Amar Singh.The court directed the ED to start the investigation within two weeks and submit a status report within a month. It posted the matter for further hearing in July next.</p>
