The court granted the ED liberty to proceed based on the raids, which stemmed from allegations of financial irregularities and overpricing of liquor bottles, reportedly amounting to Rs 1,000 crore.

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas moved by the Tamil Nadu govt and TASMAC challenging the legality of raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the offices of TASMAC.
A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar passed the order while granting liberty to the ED to proceed further on the basis of the raids.
The Tamil Nadu govt and TASMAC claimed that the ED searches were conducted without any jurisdiction in an arbitrary and high-handed manner.
TASMAC alleged that its officials and staff were harassed and subjected to human rights violations by the ED during the searches.
The ED, however, denied the allegations of TASMAC that its staff and officials were harassed and subjected to human rights violations during the raids.
According to the ED, the raids were conducted based on allegations against TASMAC that its officials engaged in overpricing of liquor bottles and other financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore.

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