Chennai, March 20 -- The Madras High Court on Thursday heard the writ petitions moved by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) to stay Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) proceedings by Enforcement Directorate and not to "harass" employees in the pretext of inquiry.

The High Court ordered the Enforcement Directorate to put on hold all proceedings pursuant to raids on TASMAC premises and directed the agency to file a counter affidavit.

The court then adjourned the hearing to March 25.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recently raided Tamil Nadu government-run TASMAC premises.

A division bench of Justices MS Ramesh and N Senthilkumar asked the ED to file details of FIRs on which it has proceeded and told the T...