SC ASKS ED CHIEF TO QUIT, BUT UPHOLDS AMENDMENTS

Question 1

Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director

Answer 1

Sanjay Kumar Mishra

Question 2

Adjectve: Piecemeal.
Characterized by unsystematc partal measures taken over a
period of tme.

Question 3

• CBI and ED chiefs have fixed tenures of ……. years

Answer 3

two

Question 4

amendments enacted in 2021 to
the Central Vigilance Commission Act, the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act and the
Fundamental Rules allow them a maximum ……… annual extensions.

Answer 4

three

Question 5

Mr. Mishra is in his ……. year as ED
Director

Answer 5

5th

Question 6

By upholding the 2021 amendments, the court disagreed with the submissions made by its
own amicus curiae, senior advocate……….. , presently a Supreme Court judge

Answer 6

, senior advocate K.V. Viswanathan,

Question 7

commissions appoint the directors
of CBI and ED?

Answer 7

High-Level Commitee of the Prime Minister, Oppositon Leader
and the Chief Justce of India had to recommend

Question 8

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
is an apex Indian governmental body created in

Answer 8

1964

Question 9

CVC is appointed by ?

Answer 9

CVC is appointed by President.

Question 10

………… was selected as the frst Chief Vigilance
Commissioner of India.

Answer 10

Nitoor Srinivasa Rau

Question 11

………… is the current CVC

Answer 11

P. K. Srivastava

Question 12

Nominators of CVC’s

Answer 12

Prime Minister (Chairperson).
Home Minister (Member).
Leader of the Oppositon in Lok Sabha.

Question 13

Term length of cvc member

Answer 13

Term length upto 4 years or 65 years

Question 14

The origin of the ED goes back to……….., when an “enforcement unit” was formed,

Answer 14

1 May 1956

under the
Foreign Exchange Regulaton Act, 1947.

Question 15

when did name changed to ED ?

Answer 15

1957

Question 16

Consttutng instruments: -
o Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
o Preventon of Money Laundering Act, 2002

Answer 16

The prime objectve of the Enforcement Directorate is the enforcement of 4 key Acts of the
Government of India namely, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) and the
Preventon of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), The Fugitve Economic Ofenders Act, 2018
(FEOA) and the Conservaton of Foreign Exchange and Preventon of Smuggling Actvites Act,
1974 (COFEPOSA).

Question 17

section 4 of PMLA ……

Answer 17

called for special court for trial

Question 18

In July 2022, according to data shared by the union government in Parliament, only …………. people
have been convicted in 5,422 cases registered under the Preventon of Money Laundering Act
(PMLA) in the 17 years afer the law was passed, which is a convicton rate of less than 0.5%.

Answer 18

23