Gold Smuggling Attempt: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Second Accused Arjun Ayanki
3 years, 3 months ago

Gold Smuggling Attempt: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Second Accused Arjun Ayanki

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the second accused in the gold smuggling attempt, Arjun Ayanki, with stringent conditions, one of them being to surrender his original passport.Justice Shircy V allowed the bail plea in a matter where an attempt was made to smuggle gold through a carrier at the Karipur airport by a group of individuals. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the second accused in the gold smuggling attempt, Arjun Ayanki, with stringent conditions, one of them being to surrender his original passport. Justice Shircy V allowed the bail plea in a matter where an attempt was made to smuggle gold through a carrier at the Karipur airport by a group of individuals. The petitioner Arjun Ayanki, a CPM sympathiser, was arrested related to a probe into a failed attempt to smuggle in 2.3 kg of gold through Karipur airport by a carrier.

Court Bail Customs Gold Smuggling State Accused Attempt Arjun Stringent Conditions Karipur Airport Gold Smuggling Attempt Ayanki Mohammed Shafeeque  gold  bail  attempt  court  ayanki  arjun  customs  karipur  high  accused  grants  kerala  second  smuggling

History of this topic

Allu Arjun arrested, released on bail
1 week, 4 days ago

Allu Arjun arrested, released on bail

The Hindu  

In a day of dramatic developments, lead actor of Pushpa-2 Allu Arjun secured interim bail for four weeks from Telangana High Court on Friday within hours of Hyderabad Police arresting and lodging him in prison in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the High Court, who heard the actor’s bail application moved as …

RSS leader’s Murder: Kerala HC grants bail to 17 PFI members, 9 others to stay in jail
5 months, 4 weeks ago

RSS leader’s Murder: Kerala HC grants bail to 17 PFI members, 9 others to stay in jail

New Indian Express  

KOCHI : The Kerala High Court has rejected the bail plea of nine accused individuals associated with the banned outfit Popular Front of India, who were charged in connection with the murder of RSS leader Sreenivasan in Palakkad. The individuals denied bail include Saddam Hussain M K, Ashraf, Noushad M, Ashraf Moulavi, Ansari E P, Mohammad Ali K alias Kunjappu, …

Must Guard Against Ideological Biases, False Narratives In Terrorism Cases: Kerala HC Grants Bail To 17 PFI Members Accused In RSS Leader's Murder
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Must Guard Against Ideological Biases, False Narratives In Terrorism Cases: Kerala HC Grants Bail To 17 PFI Members Accused In RSS Leader's Murder

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today held that while considering allegations of terrorism and related offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, the Courts should not get carried away by confirmation bias that might creep in based on ideological biases and false narratives prevalent in the society. “Over and above the principles gleaned from the precedents referred above, we feel that …

Karnataka court grants bail to two accused in assembly ticket cheating case
1 year ago

Karnataka court grants bail to two accused in assembly ticket cheating case

Hindustan Times  

Right-wing activist Chaitra and another accused Srikanth have been granted bail by a court here in a case of allegedly cheating a businessman of ₹5 crore after promising a BJP ticket to him. Karnataka court grants bail to two accused in assembly ticket cheating case The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate granted the two bail on Monday. The central …

Dollar smuggling case: Customs imposes penalty of ₹4.9 crore on six accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Dollar smuggling case: Customs imposes penalty of ₹4.9 crore on six accused

The Hindu  

The Customs has imposed a total penalty of ₹4.9 crore on the six accused in the dollar smuggling case involving a former diplomat of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. As per an order issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Kochi, under the Section 114 of the Customs Act, 1962 on October 30, 2023, Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry, former finance …

Swapna fined ₹6cr, Sivasankar ₹50L in Kerala gold smuggling case
1 year, 1 month ago

Swapna fined ₹6cr, Sivasankar ₹50L in Kerala gold smuggling case

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: The customs department has imposed a total fine of ₹66.6 crore on the 44 accused in the case related to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on July 5, 2020. Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, had told investigators that M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to chief minister …

Money laundering case: PMLA court grants bail to ex-revenue officer
1 year, 2 months ago

Money laundering case: PMLA court grants bail to ex-revenue officer

Hindustan Times  

A Prevention of Money Laundering Act Special Court, Panchkula, granted bail to former district revenue officer-cum-land acquisition collector of Panchkula in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial fraud with the National Highways Authority of India and the Haryana State Infrastructural and Industrial Cooperation. Naresh Kumar Sheokhand, 63, former district revenue officer-cum-land acquisition collector of Panchkula had pressed on …

KAAPA | Detention Order Can't Be Issued Without Determining Sufficiency Of Bail Conditions Already Imposed On Accused: Kerala High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

KAAPA | Detention Order Can't Be Issued Without Determining Sufficiency Of Bail Conditions Already Imposed On Accused: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday set aside a detention order which was issued by the detaining authority without determining the nature of the bail conditions already imposed on the detenu.The Division Bench comprising Justice P.B. The Kerala High Court on Monday set aside a detention order which was issued by the detaining authority without determining the nature of the …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Alleged Involvement Of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Other Officials
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 HC upholds detention of man in gold smuggling case
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala HC upholds detention of man in gold smuggling case

India Today  

The Kerala High Court has upheld the detention of a man under the COFEPOSA Act in a gold smuggling case. Abdul Raoof, accused of smuggling gold worth over Rs 7 crore through the Cochin port by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in 2021, was detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. In such circumstances, …

Kerala State Machinery Turned Against Gold Smuggling Probe After Role Of CM's Principal Secretary Was Detected : ED To Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

Sivasankar arraigned as the sixth accused in dollar smuggling case
2 years, 2 months ago

Sivasankar arraigned as the sixth accused in dollar smuggling case

The Hindu  

The Cochin Customs has arraigned senior bureaucrat M. Sivasankar as the sixth accused in a dollar smuggling case. Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry, former Finance Head, UAE Consulate, Thiruvananthapuram, P. S. Sarith, Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair and Santhosh Eappen are the other accused in a complaint filed before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Ernakulam, on Thursday. It was during the …

BREAKING | Kerala High Court Dismisses Saritha Nair's Plea Seeking Copies Of Swapna Suresh's 164 Statement
2 years, 4 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 …

Bribery Case: Karnataka High Court Seeks ACB's Response To Bail Plea Moved By IAS Manjunath
2 years, 4 months ago

Bribery Case: Karnataka High Court Seeks ACB's Response To Bail Plea Moved By IAS Manjunath

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Anti Corruption Bureau to file its statement of objections by Monday to a bail petition filed by IAS Officer J Manjunath, who has been arrested by the agency in a bribery case. Manjunath was the former Bengaluru Deputy Urban Commissioner, who was arrested by the ACB following certain critical remarks made by …

Transfer gold smuggling case to court outside Kerala, ED urges SC
2 years, 5 months ago

Transfer gold smuggling case to court outside Kerala, ED urges SC

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court with a plea to transfer the Kerala gold smuggling case to a court outside the State. The ED is conducting a probe based on the National Investigation Agency’s FIR against Sarith P.S., Swapna, Faisal Fareed and Sandeep Nair under the Unlawful Activities Act. Seizure at airport The smuggling racket was busted after …

Gold smuggling case: NGO claims 'crucification' by Kerala govt, sacks Swapna Suresh
2 years, 5 months ago

Gold smuggling case: NGO claims 'crucification' by Kerala govt, sacks Swapna Suresh

Firstpost  

Prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh has been terminated from her job by an NGO, alleging that the Kerala government was ‘crucifying’ the organisation for providing her employment. Palakkad : Prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh has been terminated from her job by an NGO with alleged RSS links, alleging that the Kerala government …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case Prime Accused Swapna Suresh Writes to PM Modi, Seeks CBI Probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case Prime Accused Swapna Suresh Writes to PM Modi, Seeks CBI Probe

News 18  

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh has written to Prime minister Narendra Modi, requesting the his intervention in the case and that a CBI enquiry be conducted. In the letter to PM Modi, Swapna alleged that other principal secretary of the Kerala CM, M Sivasankar, the chief minister’s family members were directly involved in the scam. Swapna also …

Kerala gold smuggling case: Accused Swapna Suresh challenges MLA KT Jaleel, says will reveal crimes committed by him
2 years, 6 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: Accused Swapna Suresh challenges MLA KT Jaleel, says will reveal crimes committed by him

Firstpost  

The gold smuggling case came to light after 30 kg of gold concealed in diplomatic baggage was seized at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport by the Customs Department on 5 July 2020 Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh has come out strongly against MLA KT Jaleel days after the latter filed a conspiracy case against her. “I will file a …

Swapna, Sarith move Kerala HC for anticipatory bail in case filed by Jaleel
2 years, 6 months ago

Swapna, Sarith move Kerala HC for anticipatory bail in case filed by Jaleel

The Hindu  

Swapna Suresh, an accused in the diplomatic gold smuggling case, on Wednesday approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail, alleging that a person close to the Chief Minister threatened her with arrest in the case registered against her on a complaint by former Minister and MLA K.T.Jaleel. In his complaint, Mr. Jaleel alleged that the petitioners had conspired with …

Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Pre-Arrest Bail In Conspiracy Case, Raises Grave Allegations Against Chief Minister
2 years, 6 months ago

Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Pre-Arrest Bail In Conspiracy Case, Raises Grave Allegations Against Chief Minister

Live Law  

Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the infamous gold smuggling case, has moved the Kerala High Court on Thursday seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against her for allegedly spreading false information against MLA K.T Jaleel, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Government. Although not an accused in the case, Sarith P.S has also moved for pre-arrest bail apprehending …

Anticipatory Bail Application Maintainable Even If Accused Is Outside The Country : Kerala High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Anticipatory Bail Application Maintainable Even If Accused Is Outside The Country : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday while granting interim anticipatory bail to actor Vijay Babu in a rape case observed that the accused being abroad does not disentitle him from having his anticipatory bail application considered. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas however clarified that this observation was made only for considering the grant of interim protection from arrest. "I am of …

Jahangirpuri Violence: High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Bail Plea Of Accused
2 years, 6 months ago

Jahangirpuri Violence: High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Bail Plea Of Accused

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the city police in a bail plea filed by one Babuddin, an accused in relation to the clashes that broke out last month in city's Jahangirpuri area during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notice on the bail plea challenging the Trial Court order …

Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Dismisses Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma's Plea Seeking Modification Of Bail Condition
2 years, 10 months ago

Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Dismisses Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma's Plea Seeking Modification Of Bail Condition

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma seeking modification of a bail condition imposed on him in connection with a case alleging that he supplied confidential information to Chinese Officials, in exchange of remuneration.Justice Mukta Gupta dismissed the application which sought modification of the condition wherein Sharma was directed to. The Delhi High …

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Upholds Continued Preventive Detention Of Accused Rabins Hameed Under COFEPOSA
3 years, 1 month ago

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Upholds Continued Preventive Detention Of Accused Rabins Hameed Under COFEPOSA

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the continued preventive detention of prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Rabins K Hameed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. "On a keen consideration of the issues raised in the above case, we hold, without any doubt that the impugned detention order is legal and the …

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh released from jail
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh released from jail

India TV News  

After spending 16 months behind bars, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, was released from jail on Saturday after spending 16 months behind bars. Earlier on November 2, Kerala High Court granted bail to Suresh in the case registered by National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Act. The Kerala gold smuggling case pertains to …

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Swapna Suresh And Others
3 years, 1 month ago

Gold Smuggling: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Swapna Suresh And Others

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the accused, including prime accused Swapna Suresh and Sarith P.S. in the infamous gold smuggling case which had snowballed into a political controversy in the State with a condition to furnish a bail bond of Rs. Gold Smuggling Through Diplomatic Channel An Act Of Terrorism: NIA Argues Before Kerala High Court …

Walayar Rape-Death Case: Prime Accused Move Kerala High Court Seeking Bail
3 years, 1 month ago

Walayar Rape-Death Case: Prime Accused Move Kerala High Court Seeking Bail

Live Law  

The prime accused in the infamous Walayar case that had built up public outrage in the State have moved bail applications before the Kerala High Court. There were five accused in the case, namely, Madhu alias Valiya Madhu, Madhu M. alias Kutti Madhu, Shibu, Pradeep Kumar M and a minor aged 16 at the time of the offence. Later on, …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Sandeep Nair Released from Jail, Claims ED Forced Him to Name CM
3 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Sandeep Nair Released from Jail, Claims ED Forced Him to Name CM

News 18  

Thiruvananthapuram: The prime accused in the gold smuggling through diplomatic channel case, Sandeep Nair, was released from prison on Saturday and claimed the Enforcement Directorate had forced him to name Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former minister K T Jaleel and former Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan in the case, prompting CPI to say it only proved their stand that there was …

Normal Rules Of Criminal Jurisprudence Not Applicable To COFEPOSA: Kerala HC Upholds Preventive Detention Of Accused In Gold Smuggling Case
3 years, 2 months ago

Normal Rules Of Criminal Jurisprudence Not Applicable To COFEPOSA: Kerala HC Upholds Preventive Detention Of Accused In Gold Smuggling Case

Live Law  

While directing continued preventive detention of two accused in the gold smuggling case, the Kerala High Court held that the normal rules of criminal jurisprudence or provisions of the Evidence Act will not be attracted while invoking provisions of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974.A Division Bench of Justice A.K Jayasankaran. While directing continued …

Gold Smuggling Case: State Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Single Judge Order Quashing FIR Against ED
3 years, 5 months ago

Gold Smuggling Case: State Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Single Judge Order Quashing FIR Against ED

Live Law  

The Kerala government on Wednesday approached the High Court against its Single Bench order quashing the FIRs filed by the State Police against Enforcement Directorate officials. The FIRs were lodged for allegedly forcing the prime accused in the gold smuggling case to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the matter. The Single Bench quashed the FIRs on the ground that …

Gold Smuggling Case: Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Bail
3 years, 5 months ago

Gold Smuggling Case: Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court For Bail

Live Law  

The prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh has approached the Kerala High Court with a bail application in the the FIR registered against her by the National Investigation Agency.Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman A. The prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh has approached the Kerala High Court with a bail application …

'No Malicious Motive To Subvert The Government': Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Aisha Sultana In Sedition Case
3 years, 5 months ago

'No Malicious Motive To Subvert The Government': Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Aisha Sultana In Sedition Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Friday allowed the anticipatory bail application filed by Aisha Sultana earlier this month. Justice Ashok Menon cited that prima facie, the applicant did not have a malicious motive to subvert the Government established by law by merely using the strong words to express her vehemence in disapproval of the subject under discussion. Administration's Arguments The …

"Attempt To Prevent Investigation": ED Moves High Court Challenging Judicial Inquiry Ordered By Kerala Govt In Gold Smuggling Case
3 years, 5 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 …

BREAKING : Kerala High Court Quashes Kerala Police FIRs Against Enforcement Directorate
3 years, 8 months ago

BREAKING : Kerala High Court Quashes Kerala Police FIRs Against Enforcement Directorate

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed the 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.In a judgment pronounced on Friday, the High Court held that the. The …

Gold smuggling case: Kerala High Court quashes crime branch FIR against ED
3 years, 8 months ago

Gold smuggling case: Kerala High Court quashes crime branch FIR against ED

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered by the state crime branch against the enforcement directorate. Primary case was that the Enforcement Directorate team, which is probing the Kerala gold-smuggling case, forced Swapna Suresh to give false statements, and implicate chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. The enforcement directorate had approached the Kerala High Court seeking …

Kerala Court Denies ED's Plea For Copies Of Statements Of Gold Smuggling Accused In Customs Case
3 years, 9 months ago

Kerala Court Denies ED's Plea For Copies Of Statements Of Gold Smuggling Accused In Customs Case

Live Law  

Last week, an Ernakulam Economic Offences Court rejected an application by the Enforcement Directorate seeking a copy of statements by gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh and Sarith P Nair in the course of the customs investigation against them. Additional Judicial Magistrate Deepu C dismissed the application holding that confidential statements made in the course of one investigation could not be …

Dollar Smuggling Case-Swapna Suresh Made Shocking Revelations About Chief Minister, Some Ministers And Speaker: Customs Tells Kerala High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Dollar Smuggling Case-Swapna Suresh Made Shocking Revelations About Chief Minister, Some Ministers And Speaker: Customs Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Customs Deparment has told the Kerala High Court that the prime accused in gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, has made "shocking revelations" against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Speaker and three Ministers regarding smuggling of US Dollars in her statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC. "It is submitted that in the 108 Statement and 164 Statement the 1st respondent has …

Supreme Court Rejects ED's Plea To Stay Kerala HC Judgment Granting Bail To M Sivasankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case; Issues Notice
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects ED's Plea To Stay Kerala HC Judgment Granting Bail To M Sivasankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case; Issues Notice

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the bail granted to M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, by the Kerala High Court in the gold smuggling case.Although Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, sought for a stay of the judgment, the bench …

Gold Smuggling With A Mere Illegal Profit Motive Not A 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA : Kerala High Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Gold Smuggling With A Mere Illegal Profit Motive Not A 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that mere act of gold smuggling, which is covered under the Customs Act, will not amount to a "terrorist act" under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act unless the same is done with the intention to threaten the economic security of the nation.Gold smuggling with a mere illegal profit motive will fall within the aforementioned …

Former Kerala principal secretary M Sivasankarin gets bail in dollar smuggling case
3 years, 10 months ago

Former Kerala principal secretary M Sivasankarin gets bail in dollar smuggling case

Firstpost  

Kochi: A court in Kerala on Wednesday granted bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankarin the dollar smuggling case, observing that the offence against him was “serious” in nature and “required intensive probe”. The dollar case had come to light during the probe into the gold smuggling racket in Kerala in which also Sivasankar is an accused. Prime accused in …

Kerala CM Aide M Sivasankar Gets Bail in Dollar Smuggling Case, Released from Jail after 'Intensive Probe'
3 years, 10 months ago

Kerala CM Aide M Sivasankar Gets Bail in Dollar Smuggling Case, Released from Jail after 'Intensive Probe'

News 18  

A court in Kerala on Wednesday granted bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar in the dollar smuggling case, observing that the offence against him was “serious” in nature and “required intensive probe”. The dollar case had come to light during the probe into the gold smuggling racket in Kerala in which also Sivasankar is an accused. Prime accused in …

Former Principal Secretary of Kerala CM Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case
3 years, 10 months ago

Former Principal Secretary of Kerala CM Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case

Live Law  

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate has granted Bail to Former Principal Secretary of Kerala Chief Minister M Sivasankar Gets Bail In Dollar Smuggling case.On January 25, the Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to M Sivasankar in the money laundering case registered by Enforcement Directorate in relation to the gold smuggling case.A single bench of Justice Ashok. Additional Chief Judicial …

Breaking: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Suspended IAS Officer M Sivasankar In Money Laundering Case
3 years, 10 months ago

Breaking: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Suspended IAS Officer M Sivasankar In Money Laundering Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, in the money laundering case registered by Enforcement Directorate in relation to the gold smuggling case.A single bench of Justice Ashok Menon passed the order. The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to …

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: NIA Files Chargesheet Against 20 Accused
3 years, 11 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: NIA Files Chargesheet Against 20 Accused

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 20 accused before a special court over their alleged involvement in smuggling 30 kg of gold worth Rs 14.82 crore in a diplomatic baggage into Kerala. Sarith, a former public relations officer at the UAE consulate, is the first accused in the case, while Swapna, former secretary to the Consulate …

Kerala Gold smuggling case: Chargesheet against ex-Principal Secy to Vijayan, assets worth Rs 1.85 cr attached
4 years ago

Kerala Gold smuggling case: Chargesheet against ex-Principal Secy to Vijayan, assets worth Rs 1.85 cr attached

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet against M Sivashankar, former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a case related to money laundering. The Enforcement Directorate has also mentioned in the charge sheet that as the investigations conducted by the Customs, ED and CBI in the gold smuggling case are at various stages providing bail to …

Gold Smuggling Case-Kerala High Court Dismisses CM Raveendran's Plea Challenging Summons By Enforcement Directorate
4 years ago

Gold Smuggling Case-Kerala High Court Dismisses CM Raveendran's Plea Challenging Summons By Enforcement Directorate

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the writ petition filed by CM Raveendran, Additional Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate. Raveendran had approached the High Court challenging the summons issued by ED under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. In response to this plea, Additional Solicitor …

Discover Related