"Attempt To Prevent Investigation": ED Moves High Court Challenging Judicial Inquiry Ordered By Kerala Govt In Gold Smuggling Case
3 years, 8 months ago

"Attempt To Prevent Investigation": ED Moves High Court Challenging Judicial Inquiry Ordered By Kerala Govt In Gold Smuggling Case

Live Law  

The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Kerala High Court against appointment of a Judicial commission by the State Government to inquire into conduct of various Central Agencies in Kerala from July 2020. The Kerala Government had constituted a Judicial Commission chaired by Former Kerala High Court Judge VK Mohanan to examine the alleged attempt on the part of the Customs Department and the Enforcement Directorate to falsely implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the UAE gold smuggling case. As per the petition, the notification to the above effect issued on May 7, 2021, is an attempt of those in power to prevent the Central agency from investigating the gold smuggling case. Earlier, two FIRs registered by the Kerala Police Crime Branch against "unnamed officials" of the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly coercing the accused in the gold smuggling case to give false incriminating statements implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other state functionaries.

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Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 10- March 16, 2025
2 days, 13 hours ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 10- March 16, 2025

Live Law  

Nominal Index Ajeesh @ Ajeeshkumar v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw 166 Aanjaly Sandeep Shetty v. Additional Commissioner, 2025 LiveLaw 167 V. Subramanian v Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw 168 K R Harikrishnan v SI of Police, 2025 LiveLaw 169 The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax v. Last Hour Ministry, 2025 LiveLaw 170 Preetha Radhakrishnan v State of …

ED raids in Karnataka in gold smuggling case linked to actor Ranya Rao
6 days, 17 hours ago

ED raids in Karnataka in gold smuggling case linked to actor Ranya Rao

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches in a dozen locations across Karnataka in connection with its probe into an international gold smuggling case following the arrest of Kannada actor Ranya Rao. Subsequent raids at her Bengaluru residence led to the seizure of gold jewellery worth Rs 2.06 crore and Rs 2.67 crore in cash, bringing the total confiscated assets to Rs …

[Prevention Of Corruption Act] CBI Can File Final Report Even If No Offence Is Revealed During Probe: Kerala High Court
1 week, 1 day ago

[Prevention Of Corruption Act] CBI Can File Final Report Even If No Offence Is Revealed During Probe: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court refused to accept the argument that the CBI is divested of investigative powers when it is revealed during investigation that no offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act were made out. The Court said that if the CBI finds that offences under PC Act is not revealed, it shall submit a final report revealing the non …

Following DRI inputs, CBI registers case to probe gold smuggling racket with international links
1 week, 3 days ago

Following DRI inputs, CBI registers case to probe gold smuggling racket with international links

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case involving a gold smuggling racket with international links. In September 2021, the CBI registered a corruption case against 11 people, including two former Customs officials, in connection with the alleged smuggling of 17.73-kg gold at Delhi’s international airport in 2018. Another case known as the ‘Karipur gold smuggling’ case was instituted …

HC sets one-year deadline for Enforcement Directorate to complete probe in BSNL Engineers’ Cooperative Society scam case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

HC sets one-year deadline for Enforcement Directorate to complete probe in BSNL Engineers’ Cooperative Society scam case

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has directed the Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Kochi, to complete the probe into a case pertaining to the financial scam in the BSNL Engineers’ Cooperative Society within a year. The court, in an order given on Monday, also directed the ED to initiate “all necessary legal action” under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against …

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC): Important Judgments By Supreme Court In 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC): Important Judgments By Supreme Court In 2024

Live Law  

As 2025 begins, Live Law summarizes important decisions on the Code of Criminal Procedure of the past year. S.319 CrPC | Stronger Evidence Needed To Summon Person As Additional Accused During Trial : Supreme Court Case Title: SHANKAR VERSUS THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS., Citation : 2024 LiveLaw 345 The Supreme Court held that to summon a person …

Carrying gold back from the gulf a ‘typical problem’ of Kerala: Supreme Court
3 months ago

Carrying gold back from the gulf a ‘typical problem’ of Kerala: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday termed the bringing of gold from gulf countries to Kerala a “typical problem”, probably unique, to the State. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyyan was hearing a petition filed by the Union government against a Kerala High Court decision of April 2024 which upset a detention order under the Conservation of Foreign …

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024
3 months ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Live Law  

Nominal Index Manoj George v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 782 Manohari R v The Deputy Tahsildar, 2024 LiveLaw 783 DBS Bank India Ltd v The State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 784 M Shammy Kumar v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw 785 Nishad Padinjare Peediyekkal V Hyderiyya Masjid Mahall Committee, 2024 LiveLaw 786 State Bank …

Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers
3 months ago

Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers

Live Law  

The arrest and detention under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act often turn out to be a punishment due to the wide powers given to the Enforcement Directorate and its stringent bail provisions. Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED" The High Court pointed out the practice of passing custodial interrogation orders in a …

Prosecution sanction for Kejriwal in excise case enough for money laundering trial: ED
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecution sanction for Kejriwal in excise case enough for money laundering trial: ED

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate informed a Delhi court on Thursday that the sanction obtained to prosecute former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case related to the Delhi excise policy was comprehensive enough to try him in a related money laundering case as well. The ED made its submission before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue …

BJP leaders move Karnataka HC seeking court-monitored CBI probe into Valmiki Development Corporation scam
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP leaders move Karnataka HC seeking court-monitored CBI probe into Valmiki Development Corporation scam

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday sought details of the probe that has been done so far by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the crime registered by the Union Bank of India against its officials and others concerning the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scam. Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order while issuing notice …

Vigilance starts anti-corruption inquiry against two Kerala IPS officers, including ADGP Ajith Kumar
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Vigilance starts anti-corruption inquiry against two Kerala IPS officers, including ADGP Ajith Kumar

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has commenced a “detailed anti-corruption enquiry” against two ranking IPS officers in Kerala, including the State’s top law enforcer, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M.R. In a government order issued on Friday, the Home department also brought Sujith Das, former District Police Chief of Malappuram and later Pathanamthitta, who served under Mr. …

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of notice to the State government on a petition filed by the Union Bank of India seeking a direction to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation the investigation being carried out by the State police into the multi-crore financial scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Welfare Development Corporation. …

‘Mining no crime under PMLA’: HC restrains ED action
8 months ago

‘Mining no crime under PMLA’: HC restrains ED action

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: The Madras High Court has ordered the Enforcement Directorate not to take any further action on a sand mining case in Tamil Nadu stating that mining is not a scheduled offence under the Prevention of Money Launderig Act. The ED had filed its Enforcement Case Information Report last September against contractors and other suppliers of machineries, including excavators allegedly …

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining
8 months ago

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. The court added that unless a case in the scheduled offence was registered and such an offence generated proceeds of crime, the ED could not have initiated any action. …

Bombay High Court Quashes Proceedings Initiated By Customs Authorities For Seizing Jewellery
8 months ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Proceedings Initiated By Customs Authorities For Seizing Jewellery

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has quashed the proceedings initiated by the customs authorities for seizing the jewelry.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain has relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence vs.. Pushpa Lekhumal Tolani, in which it was held that foreign tourists are allowed to bring …

Kerala High Court Quashes Proceedings Against KPCC President K Sudhakaran In CPM Leader P Jayarajan's Attempt To Murder Case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Quashes Proceedings Against KPCC President K Sudhakaran In CPM Leader P Jayarajan's Attempt To Murder Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court quashed proceedings against State Congress President, K Sudhakaran in CPM leader P Jayarajan's attempt to murder case. The Court stated that the first FIR was filed alleging sections 120B, 307 of IPC, section 25 and section 27 of the Arms Act. The Court stated that a second FIR can be registered if it pertains to a …

Delhi court pulls up ED over ‘shoddy probe’ in PNB case
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court pulls up ED over ‘shoddy probe’ in PNB case

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court has pulled up the Enforcement Directorate for shoddy investigation and lapses by its investigative officer in a money-laundering case of where Punjab National Bank was defrauded of ₹1,46,71,000. The court noted three lapses committed by the federal probe agency — first, despite there being evidence available, ED failed to name two persons as accused in the case. …

ED lodges case against Kerala CM’s daughter, her IT firm
11 months, 2 weeks ago

ED lodges case against Kerala CM’s daughter, her IT firm

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a probe into alleged illegal payments made by a Kochi-based minerals firm to the daughter of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the software consulting firm owned by her, an official familiar with the matter said. The federal agency’s Kochi unit has filed an Enforcement Case Investigation Report under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, …

ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM's Daughter
11 months, 2 weeks ago

ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM's Daughter

Deccan Chronicle  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a case against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan, her IT firm Exalogic Solutions and others in connection with the investigation into a case pertaining to alleged payments made by a private mineral company to her and her company. The ED took cognizance of the complaint filed by Serious Fraud Investigation Office which …

2G case | Delhi High Court to rule on March 22 on CBI’s plea against acquittal of A. Raja, others
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2G case | Delhi High Court to rule on March 22 on CBI’s plea against acquittal of A. Raja, others

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court will announce on March 22 its decision on whether to admit the Central Bureau of Investigation’s appeal challenging the acquittal of former Telecom Minister and current Lok Sabha MP A. Raja, and others, in the 2G spectrum allocation case. In December 2017, a special CBI court in New Delhi acquitted Mr. Raja, Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi, …

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea To Transfer Investigation Against Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI
1 year ago

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea To Transfer Investigation Against Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday was told by ASG SV Raju that the State police, which had arrested Shahjahan Sheikh-prime accused in the unrest in Sandeshkhali, was attempting to frustrate the investigation since they were in collusion with the accused.Counsel prayed that the investigation into the attacks on the ED officials at Sandeshkhali, be transferred to the Central Bureau …

Vulnerable to criticism: On the ED and a possible violation of federal principles
1 year ago

Vulnerable to criticism: On the ED and a possible violation of federal principles

The Hindu  

The structure of the law against money laundering is bound to throw up perplexing questions about the possible violation of federal principles. One such question has arisen in Tamil Nadu, where the Enforcement Directorate is trying to find out whether illegal sand mining in the State is due to corruption and if the “proceeds” are being laundered. In ruling that …

ED summons to TN district collectors justified: SC
1 year ago

ED summons to TN district collectors justified: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the Enforcement Directorate was justified in issuing summons to five district collectors of Tamil Nadu in connection with a money laundering case linked to “illegal” sand mining case; and instead questioned the state government for approaching the Madras high court to get a stay on the summons. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statutte Wise Index [August 7 – 13, 2023]
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statutte Wise Index [August 7 – 13, 2023]

Live Law  

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw 609 To 2023 LiveLaw 638 SUBJECT WISE INDEX Abkari Act Person receiving information of crime or detecting the occurrence can investigate it. V. Senthil Balaji v. State, 2023 LiveLaw 611 : 2023 INSC 677 ESI Electronics shop repairing & servicing electrical goods is a “factory” under ESI act. V. Senthil Balaji v. State, 2023 LiveLaw 611 : …

State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Can Investigate Corruption Offences Against Central Govt Employees: Kerala High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Can Investigate Corruption Offences Against Central Govt Employees: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has the authority to register the crime and investigate offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 that are allegedly committed by Central Government employees.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that there was no special provision in the Prevention of Corruption. The Kerala High Court …

Supreme Court stays ED probe in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stays ED probe in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate to “stay their hand in all manner” in a money laundering case linked to the alleged ₹2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. While hearing the matter on May 16, the top court had told the ED not to create an “atmosphere of fear”, after the Chhattisgarh government had alleged that the …

T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | AIADMK defends Enforcement Directorate’s actions
1 year, 9 months ago

T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | AIADMK defends Enforcement Directorate’s actions

The Hindu  

The AIADMK on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 defended the arrest of Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthilbalaji in a money-laundering case on the grounds that the move was carried out only on the direction of the Supreme Court. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here The party’s …

Timely caution: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s exhortation to the Enforcement Directorate
1 year, 10 months ago

Timely caution: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s exhortation to the Enforcement Directorate

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s exhortation to the Enforcement Directorate not to create an atmosphere of fear indicates how much the agency needs to temper its zeal in investigating allegations against political opponents of the current regime. Responding to complaints that the ED is harassing employees of the Excise Department in Chhattisgarh in the name of investigating the money-laundering aspects of an …

Correctness Of Allegations In FIR To Be Tested During Trial; Not By High Court While Exercising Jurisdiction U/S 482 CrPC: Kerala High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Correctness Of Allegations In FIR To Be Tested During Trial; Not By High Court While Exercising Jurisdiction U/S 482 CrPC: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated the view that the High Court, while exercising its power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The counsels for the respondents also relied upon the decision in Minakshi Bala v. Sudhir Kumar & Ors., wherein it had been laid down that only in rarest of rare cases could the Court exercise the jurisdiction under Section 482 …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Alleged Involvement Of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Other Officials
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Alleged Involvement Of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Other Officials

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a time bound investigation by Customs and the Enforcement Directorate into the alleged role of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former speaker P Sreeramakrishnan and other high ranking officials of the Chief Minister’s office on allegations of money laundering and gold smuggling using diplomatic channels A single bench of. The Kerala …

Kerala HC rejects plea for ED, Customs probe against CM in gold smuggling case
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC rejects plea for ED, Customs probe against CM in gold smuggling case

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a Customs and Enforcement Directorate probe into the alleged involvement of high-ranking political functionaries, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the gold smuggling through diplomatic bags case. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the petition by Aji Krishnan, the founder secretary of NGO Highrange Rural Development Society India, which had …

Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Transport Minister Antony Raju In Evidence Tampering Case On Technical Grounds
2 years ago

Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Transport Minister Antony Raju In Evidence Tampering Case On Technical Grounds

Live Law  

Citing technical reasons, the Kerala High Court on Friday quashed the trial court proceedings against Transport Minister of Kerala, Antony Raju in connection with the evidence tampering case against the Minister pending before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Nedumangad, in Thiruvananthapuram. However, the single bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman clarified that this would not preclude the competent authority or the …

Cannot Interfere With ED Case Registered In Another State : Karnataka High Court
2 years ago

Cannot Interfere With ED Case Registered In Another State : Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that it cannot interfere with criminal proceedings initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement in Mumbai merely on the ground that the accused is staying and operating a bank account in Karnataka. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan dismissed the petition filed by Vihaan Direct Selling India Private Limited which had approached the …

[Prevention Of Corruption Act] Private Complaint Against Public Servant Can't Be Forwarded For Investigation Without Sanction: Kerala High Court
2 years ago

[Prevention Of Corruption Act] Private Complaint Against Public Servant Can't Be Forwarded For Investigation Without Sanction: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Friday reiterated that the requirement of sanction under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act is a prerequisite for presenting private complaint against a public servant alleging the commission of an offence specified in sections 7, 11, 13 and 15 of the Act, for investigation.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Kauser Edappagath, held that …

ED backs up claim of larger nexus in Kerala case with WhatsApp chats
2 years, 1 month ago

ED backs up claim of larger nexus in Kerala case with WhatsApp chats

Hindustan Times  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate cited WhatsApp chats between former bureaucrat M Sivasankar and key accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh in its request on Wednesday for the retired civil servant’s custody in a case related to the alleged kickbacks in Life Mission project. Kochi: Kerala chief mnister Pinarayi Vijayan's former principal secretary M Sivasankar who was remanded to …

Special Judge Under PC Act Can't Direct Investigating Agency To Obtain Prosecution Sanction While Ordering Further Investigation: Kerala High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Special Judge Under PC Act Can't Direct Investigating Agency To Obtain Prosecution Sanction While Ordering Further Investigation: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that the Special Judge, exercising jurisdiction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, is not empowered to direct the investigating agency to obtain sanction under Section 19 for prosecution of the accused while ordering further investigation under Section 173 Cr.P.C. However, the Special Judge ordered the investigating officer to conduct further investigation as well …

ED can only probe money laundering cases, says Delhi HC
2 years, 1 month ago

ED can only probe money laundering cases, says Delhi HC

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Enforcement Directorate does not hold the power to probe any other offence except money laundering cases and cannot by itself assume that a predicate offence has been committed. A single-judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma observed that Prevention of Money Laundering Act empowers the ED to investigate Section 3 offences only. Justice …

PMLA Probe Identical In 2018 And 2020 Cases, ED Trying To Re-Investigate Same Allegations: DK Shivakumar Tells Delhi High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

PMLA Probe Identical In 2018 And 2020 Cases, ED Trying To Re-Investigate Same Allegations: DK Shivakumar Tells Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Stating that the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering investigation is identical in both 2018 and 2020 cases, Karnataka Congress Chief D.K. The submission has been made by the Congress leader in the written submissions filed in his plea challenging the investigation initiated by the probe agency against him in a money laundering case. Shivakumar has challenged the proceedings initiated by ED …

‘CBI Exempt from RTI Act’: Kerala High Court Upholds Single-Judge Bench’s Order
2 years, 4 months ago

‘CBI Exempt from RTI Act’: Kerala High Court Upholds Single-Judge Bench’s Order

News 18  

Upholding the order of a single-judge bench, a division bench of the Kerala High Court held that the Central Bureau Investigation is not liable to furnish information under the Right to Information Act as it is included in the second schedule of the Act, which exempts security organisations established by the Central Government. The Assistant Solicitor General argued that orders …

'They Want To Arrest Me Before Elections': Congress Leader DK Shivakumar Approaches Delhi High Court Against Money Laundering Probe
2 years, 4 months ago

'They Want To Arrest Me Before Elections': Congress Leader DK Shivakumar Approaches Delhi High Court Against Money Laundering Probe

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea moved by Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar challenging the investigation initiated by Enforcement Directorate against him in a money laundering case.A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal sought response of ED, while listing the matter for next hearing on December 15. The Delhi High Court …

Kerala made attempts to derail probe in gold smuggling case, ED tells SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala made attempts to derail probe in gold smuggling case, ED tells SC

The Hindu  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting an investigation by a Central agency into the gold smuggling case as the “need of the hour”, but the State turned against the Enforcement Directorate the moment the probe began to unearth the role of the Chief Minister’s own Principal Secretary in the case, the ED told the …

Kerala State Machinery Turned Against Gold Smuggling Probe After Role Of CM's Principal Secretary Was Detected : ED To Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala State Machinery Turned Against Gold Smuggling Probe After Role Of CM's Principal Secretary Was Detected : ED To Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Enforcement Directorate has denied the allegation made by the Kerala Government that its plea to transfer the trial of gold smuggling case from the State is "politically motivated".In a rejoinder filed to the Kerala Government's counter affidavit, the ED stated that the transfer of the case from Kerala is necessary and that the petition had been filed on the …

ED Can't Question Integrity Of Judiciary In Kerala : State, M Sivasankar Oppose Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial
2 years, 5 months ago

ED Can't Question Integrity Of Judiciary In Kerala : State, M Sivasankar Oppose Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial

Live Law  

The State of Kerala and M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, have filed separate Counter affidavits in the Supreme Court in the Transfer Petition filed by Enforcement Directorate seeking transfer of the trial in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case to the neighbouring state of Karnataka. Pointing out that the ED has completed the invesitgation and has …

Kerala gold smuggling case: SC seeks response from Kerala to transfer case to Karnataka
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: SC seeks response from Kerala to transfer case to Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on October 10, 2022 sought a response from Kerala on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to transfer the Kerala gold smuggling case to a court in neighbouring Karnataka. Lalit and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat impleaded the State of Kerala and asked it to file its reply by the end of the week and scheduled the case …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On ED's Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial; Posts For Disposal On October 20
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On ED's Plea To Transfer Gold Smuggling Case Trial; Posts For Disposal On October 20

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday posted to October 20 the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate seeking to transfer the trial in the gold smuggling case from Kerala.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat allowed the application filed by the State of Kerala seeking impleadment in the ED's petition and issued notice to …

PMLA Case: Delhi High Court Seeks ED's Response On Satyendar Jain's Plea Against Transfer Of Proceedings
2 years, 5 months ago

PMLA Case: Delhi High Court Seeks ED's Response On Satyendar Jain's Plea Against Transfer Of Proceedings

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain's plea challenging the transfer of proceedings against him in a money laundering case from a Special Court to another judge, last week. Justice Yogesh Khanna also ordered the probe agency to file a short response to the plea, while posting the matter for final disposal …

BREAKING | Kerala High Court Dismisses Saritha Nair's Plea Seeking Copies Of Swapna Suresh's 164 Statement
2 years, 7 months ago

BREAKING | Kerala High Court Dismisses Saritha Nair's Plea Seeking Copies Of Swapna Suresh's 164 Statement

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea moved by Saritha S. Nair, the prime accused in the infamous solar panel scam seeking a direction to provide her with copies of the Section 164 statement given by Swapna Suresh, an accused in the diplomatic gold smuggling case.Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed the petition finding that the apprehensions projected by Nair …

Evidence Tampering Case| Minister Antony Raju Moves Kerala High Court Seeking To Quash Proceedings Against Him
2 years, 7 months ago

Evidence Tampering Case| Minister Antony Raju Moves Kerala High Court Seeking To Quash Proceedings Against Him

Live Law  

Transport Minister Antony Raju has approached the Kerala High Court alleging patent illegality in the procedure adopted by the Kerala High Court and by the Session Court, Thiruvanthapuram, and the Police in the evidence tampering case in which he is an accused and thereby, the continuation of the proceedings before the Court below would be a clear abuse of the …

Evidence Tampering Case | Kerala High Court Seeks Status Report On Ongoing Trial Against Minister Antony Raju
2 years, 7 months ago

Evidence Tampering Case | Kerala High Court Seeks Status Report On Ongoing Trial Against Minister Antony Raju

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Friday called for the status report in the evidence tampering case involving Transport Minister Antony Raju regarding the progress of the trial before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Nedumangad. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A was adjudicating upon a petition seeking expedited trial in the case where the Transport Minister has been accused of tampering with. …

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