In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has quashed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summon against Ankur Aggarwal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), holding that a summon must reference a predicate offence for the accused to respond appropriately. The judgment, delivered by Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan, emphasized that investigative