HC rejects Mehul Choksi’s pleas against ED application seeking to declare him fugitive economic offender

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by businessman Mehul Choksi challenging the Enforcement Directorate’s application seeking to declare him a fugitive economic offender.

Choksi is an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case worth over ₹14,500 crore.

A single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal said it did not find any infirmity in the application filed by the ED.