New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Delhi High Court has held that mere familial association with an accused cannot be grounds to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) and deprive a person of their right to travel.

Justice Sachin Datta, while quashing an LOC issued against UK-based citizen Puja Chadha, observed that "familial association with an accused, by itself, is not sufficient to justify issuance of an LOC" and cautioned that expressions such as "economic interest" or "larger public interest" cannot be invoked loosely without cogent material.

The Court noted that Chadha, although related to Sanjay Bhandari, a declared fugitive economic offender in July 2025, had never been named as an accused in the Enforcement Directorate's prosecution complaints...