ED case: HC extends interim protection of no ‘coercive action’ against Parab

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday extended till March 23 the interim protection for ‘no coercive action’ against Shiv SenaUBT leader Anil Parab in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case con - nected to alleged irregularities involving a resort at Dapoli in coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

Parab, a former state minister, had filed a petition in the high court seeking to quash the ED case and had sought interim protection from arrest. On March 14, a bench headed by Justice Revati Mohite Dere posted the plea for hearing on March 20 and accepted the oral assurance given by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh, appearing for ED, that no coercive action would be taken against Parab till then.

On Monday, the bench headed by Justice Dere was not available for hearing, following which Parab’s counsel Amit Desai mentioned the matter before another division bench headed by Justice GS Kulkarni.

Desai requested that the interim protection