The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in response to an appeal filed by Congress MP Karthi Chidambaram. He challenges the appellate tribunal's decision that dismissed his appeal against the adjudicating authority's order on property attachment in a money laundering case.

A bench, including Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, initiated the notice and scheduled the next hearing for three weeks later. The case involves the ED's provisional attachment of Karthi's properties worth Rs 1.16 crore, linked to the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Karthi argues that his property attachment is unsustainable under the law since no PMLA-related prosecution was pending when the co

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