**Executive Summary**
This document presents an answer to Unstarred Question No. 1310 in Lok Sabha regarding cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department (IT) since 2014-15. The response, dated December 8, 2025, provides data on the number of cases, searches, seizures, and prosecution matters. The data is detailed in Annexures I, II, and III, covering the period from 2014-15 to specified months in 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Enforcement Directorate (ED) Cases:**
* Recorded 6,444 cases (ECIRs) for investigation under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 since 2014-15.
* **Income Tax Department (IT) Cases:**
* Filed a total of 13,877 prosecution cases since 2014-15.
* **State-wise Data:**
* State-wise data is not maintained centrally.
* **Annexure I: Details of ECIRs and Prosecution Cases:**
* Provides year-wise details of the number of Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) recorded and prosecution cases filed by the ITD.
* **Annexure II: Details of Search and Seizure:**
* Provides year-wise details of the number of searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate and the number of groups searched by the Income Tax Department.
* **Annexure III:**
* **Enforcement Directorate:** Year-wise details on the number of prosecution complaints filed and the number of persons/entities against whom prosecution complaints have been filed.
* **Income Tax Department:** Provides data on the number of cases filed, convicted, acquitted and withdrawn by the ITD.
* The conviction rate in the PMLA cases is 94.64% between 01.04.2014 to 30.11.2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Ministry of Finance
* **Impact:** The Ministry is responsible for providing the data on cases filed, search and seizure actions conducted by the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department.
* **Action Required:** Ensure the information is accurate and presented as requested in the Lok Sabha question.
**Stakeholder:** Enforcement Directorate (ED)
* **Impact:** ED data included.
* **Action Required:** Review Annexures to ensure accuracy and for internal informational purposes.
**Stakeholder:** Income Tax Department (ITD)
* **Impact:** ITD data included.
* **Action Required:** Review Annexures to ensure accuracy and for internal informational purposes.
**Stakeholder:** Lok Sabha (Parliament)
* **Impact:** Provided with information requested concerning cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department.
* **Action Required:** Review and consider the presented data during parliamentary proceedings.
Key Entities Referenced
Prevention of Money-laundering Act (PMLA), 2002: Act under which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated investigations in the cases mentioned in the document.
Enforcement Directorate (ED): Agency filing cases related to money laundering mentioned in the parliamentary question.
Income Tax Department (IT): Agency filing cases and conducting searches, as mentioned in the parliamentary question.
Ministry of Finance: Ministry to which the parliamentary question is addressed, responsible for the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department.
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1310
TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 17, 1947
(SAKA)
CASES FILED BY ED AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT
1310: Shri Radhakrishna:
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income
Tax Department (IT) since 2014-15, State and year-wise;
(b) the number of charge-sheets filed, closure reports submitted, investigations
completed and those cases where trials have not yet started along with the number of
cases resulting in convictions, withdrawn/closed by the agencies since 2014-15, State
and year-wise;
(c) the number of raids conducted by these agencies in connection with these
cases since 2014-15, State and year-wise; and
(d) the number of persons who have been involved in these cases, accused, under
trial, convicted and acquitted since 2014-15, State and year-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): Since 2014-15, Enforcement Directorate has recorded a total of 6,444 cases (ECIRs)
for initiating investigation under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Income tax department has filed a total of 13877 prosecution cases. The year-wise details are
given in Annexure I.
The details of the search and seizure actions conducted by the Enforcement Directorate and
Income Tax Department during the Years 2014-15 to Year 2025-26 are given in Annexure-II.
Further, the details of prosecution matters are given in Annexure-III.
It is further informed that State-wise data is not maintained centrally.
*****Annexure I.
Details of ECIRs and Prosecution Cases:
Year-wise Number of Enforcement Case
No. of Prosecution cases
Information Report (ECIRs)
filed by ITD
Recorded
2014-15 181 669
2015-16 110 552
2016-17 187 1252
2017-18 163 4527
2018-19 152 3512
2019-20 557 1226
2020-21 996 173
2021-22 1116 195
2022-23 953 387
2023-24 698 502
2024-25 775 611
2025-26 556 271
(till November, 2025) (till September, 2025)
Total 6444 13877Annexure II
Details of the search and seizure:
Year-wise Number of Searches No of Group Searched by Income Tax
conducted by Department
Enforcement Directorate
2014-15 46 545
2015-16 83 447
2016-17 170 1152
2017-18 367 582
2018-19 205 966
2019-20 324 984
2020-21 535 569
2021-22 751 686
2022-23 1441 741
2023-24 2600 1166
2024-25 2317 1437
2025-26 2267 382
(till November, 2025) (till September, 2025)
Total 11106 9657Annexure III
Enforcement Directorate:
Year-wise No. of Prosecution Complaints Number of persons/entities
filed + Supplementary PCs filed against whom PCs/SPCs has
been filed
2014-15 64+4 438+19
2015-16 57+11 351+55
2016-17 99+11 513+44
2017-18 92+19 513+281
2018-19 234+59 1147+312
2019-20 55+28 474+115
2020-21 140+39 1188+164
2021-22 128+46 876+200
2022-23 172+61 1338+363
2023-24 281+100 2789+528
2024-25 333+124 2067+821
2025-26 (till 188+71 1418+390
November,
2025)
Total 1843+573=2416 13112+3292=16404
During the period from 01.04.2014 to 30.11.2025, the Special Courts of PMLA have delivered
judgments on merits on the issue of Money-Laundering in 56 instances, out of which conviction
orders have been passed in 53 instances convicting 121 accused. Accordingly, the conviction
rate, i.e., total number of cases in which accused have been convicted as a percentage of
total cases decided on merits on the issue of money laundering is 53/56*100=94.64% during
the period 01.04.2014 to 30.11.2025.
Income Tax Department:
No. of
No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases
F.Y. Prosecution
convicted acquitted withdrawn
cases filed
2014-15 669 34 NA* NA*
2015-16 552 28 18 120
2016-17 1252 16 27 93
2017-18 4527 68 33 130
2018-19 3512 105 49 399
2019-20 1226 49 98 260
2020-21 173 16 53 197
2021-22 195 11 47 495
2022-23 387 69 130 567
2023-24 502 35 183 351
2024-25 611 71 201 561
2025-26 (as on
271 20 124 172
30.09.2025No. of
No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases
F.Y. Prosecution
convicted acquitted withdrawn
cases filed
Total 13877 522 963 3345
Note: The number of prosecution cases filed and the figures relating to conviction, acquittal,
or withdrawal are not directly correlated, as convictions, acquittals or withdrawals, may pertain
to cases filed in different years.
*Data is not available for this period.