Union government claims legal competence of the Parliament in giving extraordinary extension to ED director
A three-judge Supreme Court Bench was hearing petitions challenging the third extension given to Sanjay Kumar Mishra as director of the Enforcement Directorate. The Union government claims that since the statutory provision is changed, the order of mandamus no longer applies. On the other hand, the petitioners challenge the urgency of the FATF review and urge that mandamus cannot be neutralised.