The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), New Delhi bench comprising Justice Bachu Venkat Balaram Das (Judicial Member) and Atul Chaturvedi (Technical Member) has held that the NCLT, which is the Adjudicating Authority under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC/ the Code) does not have the power to issue directions to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to defreeze the account of the Corporate Debtor when the account was frozen as per the directions of the Adjudicating Authority under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Tribunal held that the jurisdiction to deal with matters related to attachment and freezing of accounts under PMLA vests exclusively with the authorities designated under the PMLA.
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