{
  "id": 18622515,
  "title": "Enforcement Directorate challenges closure of money laundering case against NewsClick",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/enforcement-directorate-challenges-closure-of-money-laundering-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T02:42:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/enforcement-directorate-ed-newsclick-supreme-court-cji-surya-kant-delhi-high-court-101794018897623.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has issued a notice on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) appeal, which challenges the closure of a money laundering case against the news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha. The case was quashed by the Delhi High Court on May 29, leading to the ED’s appeal. The portal was investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi police on allegations of receiving foreign funding, with the police claiming that the portal’s holding company, PPK Newsclick Studio Private Limited, received substantial sums of foreign funds from entities in the US. This was alleged to have compromised the country’s stability and integrity, prompting the ED to initiate a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2020. The Delhi High Court’s order on May 29 quashed both the cases filed by the Delhi police and the ED.",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}