NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has ruled that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) cannot issue a summons to Amit Katyal’s residence in the national capital to serve his son, Krishan Katyal, who resides abroad. The court emphasized that due legal process must be followed for serving someone living overseas.
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan heard Amit Katyal’s application requesting that the ED be prevented from considering the summons served at his address as valid for his son. The judge directed the agency to adhere to proper legal procedures for serving a foreign national.
The court’s order dated July 8 stated, “Krishan Katyal is not an Indian citizen and is not accused in the predicate offence. Thus, the summons issued on August 1 and August 19, 2025, cannot be deemed valid service; consequently, the ED must follow due process to serve Krishan Katyal properly.”
The court noted that Krishan Katyal is not implicated in the money laundering case nor in the scheduled offence under ED investigation.
The ruling highlighted that the ED had received clear notifications from Amit Katyal’s counsel on August 12 and August 30, 2025, indicating Krishan’s lack of residence at the applicant’s address since 2017, which invalidated the attempted service.
Earlier, on November 19 of the previous year, the ED arrested Amit Katyal, a real estate businessman with ties to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s family, in connection with a money laundering case involving homebuyer fraud in Gurugram.
Amit Katyal was detained under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the ED’s Gurugram zonal office. He was also arrested in 2023 in a separate case related to an alleged land-for-jobs scam involving Prasad and his family members.
Following that, he secured bail in the earlier case.
The ongoing investigation is focused on allegations of failing to deliver flats at Krrish Florence Estate in Gurugram’s Sector 70, which was developed by Amit Katyal’s Angle Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. The ED claims Amit obtained a license fraudulently and began collecting investments from buyers before the granting of the license by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP), generating “proceeds of crime” totaling ₹300 crore.
The inquiry revealed numerous fraudulent bookings and diversion of funds intended for the project, resulting in significant halts to completion.
The ED further accused Amit of “alienating” two acres of licensed land valued at ₹130 crore to third parties at undervalued rates during insolvency proceedings, labeling it a misuse of legal processes under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
Additionally, it was alleged that substantial loans from a public sector bank were siphoned off through dishonest transactions, causing a loss of around ₹80 crore to the lender.
Amit Katyal was charged in August 2025 in a separate case for allegedly defrauding homebuyers of ₹500 crore through Krrish Realtech, where he serves as a promoter.
