India, May 23 -- The Supreme Court's sharp remarks directed at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) while suspending its investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac), the Tamil Nadu government's liquor distribution body, should serve as a wake-up call for the federal agency.On Thursday, an apex court bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih expressed serious concern over what it described as ED's overreach and questioned the legality of the agency's actions. The bench pulled up the agency for initiating coercive search and seizure operations at Tasmac's headquarters in Chennai between March 6 and 8, in the absence of a predicate offence un...
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