The Delhi High Court today refused to grant interim protection to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s two children, who have challenged the Enforcement Directorate’s provisional attachment of some of their assets in a money laundering case.

A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath meanwhile, issued notices to the Enforcement Directorate and Centre on the plea filed by Virbhadra’s daughter Aprajita Kumari and son Vikramaditya Singh, who have also sought stay on the March 23 provisional attachment order of the Directorate, saying it has exceeded its jurisdiction.