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The Central Government appoints specified Advocates as Special Public Prosecutors to conduct prosecution of cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement before Special Courts under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), through Notification S.O. 4059(E) dated 4th September, 2025, exercised powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003). The Central Government has appointed 53 Advocates as Special Public Prosecutors. These appointments are for conducting the prosecution of cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement before the Special Courts established under the aforementioned Act. The tenure for these appointments commences from the date of their appointment, with individual end dates specified in the table, ranging from December 7, 2025, to August 18, 2027. The jurisdiction for each appointed Advocate is also specified, covering various states and union territories including Assam, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, NCT of Delhi, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Union Territory of Chandigarh, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-04092025-265972 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025/BHADRA 13, 1947 No. 3947] [F. No. C-18016/3/2022-Ad.ED (Part-I)] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th September, 2025 S.O. 4059(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), the Central Government hereby appoints the Advocates specified in column (2) of the table below as Special Public Prosecutors for conducting the prosecution of cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement before the Special Courts under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 for the tenure commencing from the date of their appointment and ending on the date mentioned against each in column (4) of the said table and within the jurisdiction of zones or sub zones mentioned against their names in column (3) of the said table, namely:- TABLE +-------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ | S. No.| Name of the Counsel | State or Union Territory | Tenure valid upto| +-------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | +-------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ | 1 | Sh. Debashish Bhattacharya | Assam | 18.08.2027 | | 2 | Sh. Tamir Taleigaonkar | Goa | 18.08.2027 | | 3 | Sh. Rohan Pandurang Desai | Goa | 18.08.2027 | | 4 | Sh. Simon Benjamin | Haryana | 18.08.2027 | | 5 | Sh. Atul Aggarwal | Haryana | 18.08.2027 | | 6 | Sh. Vipul Joshi | Haryana | 18.08.2027 | | 7 | Sh. Viresh Chaudhary | Haryana | 18.08.2027 | | 8 | Sh. Prajwala M P Gowda | Karnataka | 22.01.2027 | | 9 | Sh. Rajesh K G | Karnataka | 31.03.2027 | | 10 | Sh. Anil C Singh | Maharashtra | 25.09.2026 | | 11 | Smt. Manisha Jagtap | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 12 | Sh. Atul S Sarpande | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 13 | Sh. Rajendra Ratanlal Bhatnagar | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 14 | Sh. K C Prusty | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 15 | Sh. Anil D Yadav | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 16 | Sh. Niranjan Pirajiro Bhavake | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 17 | Sh. Abhinav Tewari | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 18 | Sh. Y R Mishra | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 19 | Smt. Sneha Goyal | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 20 | Sh. Vinit Kulkarni | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 21 | Sh. Dashrath Dube | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 22 | Sh. Amit Mundey | Maharashtra | 18.08.2027 | | 23 | Sh. Pamei Khangsshinlung Rongmei | Manipur | 18.08.2027 | | 24 | Sh. Laimayum Sevananda Sharma | Manipur | 18.08.2027 | | 25 | Sh. Nitin Khera | Meghalaya | 18.08.2027 | | 26 | Sh. Simon Benjamin | NCT of Delhi | 06.07.2026 | | 27 | Sh. Vikas Kumar Pathak | NCT of Delhi | 18.08.2027 | | 28 | Sh. Manish Jain | NCT of Delhi | 10.07.2026 | | 29 | Sh. Silabhadra Sastry | Orissa | 18.08.2027 | | 30 | Sh. Kamdev Tripathi | Orissa | 18.08.2027 | | 31 | Sh. Rabindranath Das | Orissa | 18.08.2027 | | 32 | Sh. Ananta Prasad Tripathi | Orissa | 18.08.2027 | | 33 | Sh. Sangram Keshari Burma | Orissa | 18.08.2027 | | 34 | Sh. K R Laxman | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 35 | Sh. Vinu Priyanga | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 36 | Sh. Gowri Shankar | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 37 | Sh. Poornachandran S | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 38 | Sh. A Kumaraguran | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 39 | Sh. R Prathap Kumar | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 40 | Sh. R Uma Vijayan | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 41 | Smt. G Hema | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 42 | Sh. P Ajutagore | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 43 | Sh. V Balamurugan | Tamil Nadu | 18.08.2027 | | 44 | Sh. Sandeep Gorsi | Union Territory of Chandigarh | 18.08.2027 | | 45 | Sh. Harneet Singh Oberoi | Union Territory of Chandigarh | 18.08.2027 | | 46 | Sh. Anil Mehta | Union Territory of Chandigarh | 07.12.2025 | | 47 | Sh. Kuljeet Singh | Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir | 18.08.2027 | | 48 | Sh. Shushant Chandra | Uttar Pradesh | 22.01.2027 | | 49 | Sh. Yudhvir Handa | Uttarakhand | 18.08.2027 | | 50 | Sh. Krishnendu Dutta | West Bengal | 18.08.2027 | | 51 | Sh. Debayab Sen | West Bengal | 18.08.2027 | | 52 | Sh. Anirban Mitra | West Bengal | 18.08.2027 | | 53 | Sh. Arun Kumar Bhagat | West Bengal | 18.08.2027 | +-------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ [F. No. C-18016/3/2022-Ad.ED (Part-I)] SHANKAR LAL KUMAWAT, Director Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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