Mumbai: Special PMLA Court Denies Relief To Mehul Choksi’s Wife Priti, Refuses To Cancel Bailable Warrant

Mumbai's special PMLA court has denied relief to Mehul Choksi's wife, Priti, and refused to cancel the bailable warrant against her, following her involvement in a money laundering case. The court ruled that Priti herself was a wrongdoer who had fled abroad, preventing them from cancelling the warrant. Despite her lawyers' requests, the court upheld the prosecution's claims that Priti was an absconder and had avoided appearing before the court for years.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) argued that the summons had been served at Priti's last known address in India, but her lawyers contended that the ED had suppressed material facts that would have shown she was residing in Belgium. The court accepted the prosecution's assertions and stated that Priti had knowledge of the proceedings from the beginning and was hiding her presence abroad.

The court refused to set aside the warrant, as it had been served at the correct address, and held that she did not have the right to claim the process on any unauthorized address in a foreign country.