The apex court issued a notice to ED on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by TASMAC challenging the earlier Madras high court order.
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi, who were representing TASMAC and its employees, argued that the agency had overstepped its mandate by cloning mobile phones and seizing personal devices without due process.
“We found some of the people to whom outlets have been given are actually taking cash. So, the State itself filed 41 FIRs from 2014-21 against individuals, not against the corporation. The ED comes into picture in 2025 and raids the corporation (TASMAC) and the head-office. All phones taken, everything taken. Everything cloned,” Sibal said.
To this, the CJI asked, “How can there be an offence against the corporation? You may register against the individuals, but against the corporation, a criminal matter?”
23/05/2025