The query arose during the hearing of a petition filed by Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal in the money laundering case.
Senior Advocates Ravi Kadam and Aabad Ponda, appearing on behalf of Goyals, submitted that the ECIR had been registered on the basis of a complaint filed with the Mumbai police in 2018.
In March 2020, the police filed a closure report which concluded that it had not found any substance in the criminal complaint and the dispute seemed to be civil in nature.
This was accepted by a Metropolitan Magistrate Court and despite protest by the ED, was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Source: Barandbench
