Karnataka HC stays ED’s move to summon Congress MLA’s lawyer in online betting case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed the enforcement directorate’s (ED) moves to summon advocate Anil Gowda, a legal consultant to Congress MLA from Chitradurga KC Veerendra (Puppy) in a money laundering case over illegal online and offline betting and gambling.

Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said that the summons were stayed until the Supreme Court decides on a pending question over the scope of ED’s powers in summoning lawyers. The court said the ED was restrained from taking any coercive action against petitioner Gowda until further orders or until the Supreme Court settled the issue.