Today, the Supreme Court of India extended the tenure of Sanjay Kumar Mishra till September 15, 2023.

A division bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol partially allowed the plea filed by the Central government for extension but made it clear that no further extension will be granted.

In the said matter, the plea was filed by the Union government challenging the verdict which had set a deadline of July 31 for the appointment of a new director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Earlier, the Supreme Court struck down the earlier extension granted to Mishra on the ground that the same was in violation of its 2021 judgment.

The Centeral government approaches Court, during the hearing the government mentioned that Mishra should be allowed to stay in office till October 15 this year so that the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) review of India's money-laundering probe operations goes smoothly.

The Court partially allowed the same today and extended the tenure till September 15.

"To allow smooth transition. we find that taking into consideration larger public interest we permit ED director to continue for some more period. We permit ED director to continue till Sept 15, 2023. No further applications shall be entertained for extension of tenure," the Court said in its order