Gujarat High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision To Not Discharge Ex-IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma In Money Laundering Case, Orders Expeditious Trial
1 year, 9 months ago

Gujarat High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision To Not Discharge Ex-IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma In Money Laundering Case, Orders Expeditious Trial

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The Gujarat High Court recently refused to interfere with the order of trial court rejecting former IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma's application for discharge in a case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The single judge bench of Justice Samir J. Dave observed: “While rejecting the discharge application of the applicant, learned trial court has specifically observed that on the basis of prima facie investigation made by ED, it appears that the applicant is prima facie involved in Hawala i.e., illegal transfer of money from nation to foreign countries. Challenging the trial court decision, the counsel appearing for Sharma argued that ED has relied upon two scheduled offence and since one of the offence is committed prior to PMLA Act coming into the force, therefore the aforesaid offence cannot be considered. The bench also noted that while rejecting the discharge application, the trial court made observation that there is strong prima facie case against the applicant and there appears materials sufficient for the purpose of trial.

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Existence Of "Proceeds Of Crime" Is Pre-Condition For Money-Laundering: J&K High Court Quashes PMLA Complaints In Alleged ₹250 Cr Scam
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Existence Of "Proceeds Of Crime" Is Pre-Condition For Money-Laundering: J&K High Court Quashes PMLA Complaints In Alleged ₹250 Cr Scam

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Underscoring the necessity of the existence of "proceeds of crime" for constituting an offence under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that in the absence of such proceeds, no money-laundering offence could arise. The petitioners, who served as Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the River Jehlum Co-operative House Building Society …

Case Transferred To POCSO Court After 8-Yrs Trial: Gujarat HC Says Police, Prosecution & Trial Court Prima Facie Failed In Discharging Duty
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Case Transferred To POCSO Court After 8-Yrs Trial: Gujarat HC Says Police, Prosecution & Trial Court Prima Facie Failed In Discharging Duty

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The Gujarat High Court recently lamented the failure on part of the Police, the prosecution and the trial court in an assault case, which came to be transferred to a POCSO Court, eight years after commencement of trial. “Prima facie, it is very strange and also shameful on the part of the entire law enforcing and law adjudicating machinery that …

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
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Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 1 to 2024 LiveLaw 250 REPORTS Madras High Court Issues Compendium Of Procedure To Be Followed By Advisory Board Constituted Under TN Preventive Detention Act Case Title: Ganeshkumar v The Principal Secretary to Government Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 1 The Madras High Court recently issued a compendium of procedures to be followed by the Advisory Board under the …

No Reason To Continue Criminal Proceedings If Accused Is Exonerated For Same Charges In Disciplinary Proceedings: Delhi High Court
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No Reason To Continue Criminal Proceedings If Accused Is Exonerated For Same Charges In Disciplinary Proceedings: Delhi High Court

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While quashing a First Information Report against an accused, the Delhi High Court reiterated that if an accused is found innocent in disciplinary proceedings and the same charges are levelled in the criminal case, then there is no justifiable reason to continue the criminal proceedings. Referring to various decisions of the Supreme Court and the high court Justice Vikas Mahajan …

Summons Under PMLA Can't Be Quashed Merely Because Accused Was Discharged In Predicate Offence : Supreme Court
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Summons Under PMLA Can't Be Quashed Merely Because Accused Was Discharged In Predicate Offence : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court yesterday set aside an order of the Gauhati High Court which quashed summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, to investigate proceeds of crime involved money laundering on grounds that the Respondent was discharged in scheduled offence. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar was hearing a challenge to the judgment of the …

Offence Under PMLA Is Standalone, Can't Have Joint Trial With Predicate Offence Even If Both Are Before Same Court: Madras HC
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Offence Under PMLA Is Standalone, Can't Have Joint Trial With Predicate Offence Even If Both Are Before Same Court: Madras HC

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The Madras High Court has clarified that the trial under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is distinct and different from the trial of the predicate offence and thus the accused cannot seek for a simultaneous or joint trial even if both are pending before the same court. Thus, the court held that the Special Court was competent and had …

PMLA Case | Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Duping People By Impersonating Person Close To PM Modi
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PMLA Case | Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Duping People By Impersonating Person Close To PM Modi

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The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied bail to one Mohammad Kashif, booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on the allegations that he duped people financially by flaunting on social media morphed images with ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Noida resident Kashif, arrested in April last year, defrauded people by promising them tenders and government jobs and …

Concealment Of Proceeds Of Crime An Offence Under PMLA, ED Need Not Establish Where The Money Eventually Went: Madras High Court
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Concealment Of Proceeds Of Crime An Offence Under PMLA, ED Need Not Establish Where The Money Eventually Went: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently held that since the concealment of proceeds of crime itself is an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Enforcement Directorate is not required to establish where the money eventually went. The court was hearing a revision petition filed by KC Chandran, his wife and his company against the order of the Special …

Delhi excise policy scam: HC refuses to advance hearing on Kejriwal's plea in money laundering case
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1 month ago

Delhi excise policy scam: HC refuses to advance hearing on Kejriwal's plea in money laundering case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to advance the hearing on a petition by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal challenging a trial court's order taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed against him in a money laundering case. On November 21, the high court refused to stay at that moment the trial court proceedings against Kejriwal in the money laundering case. …

Excise policy: Delhi HC refuses to prepone hearing on Kejriwal's plea in money laundering case
1 month ago

Excise policy: Delhi HC refuses to prepone hearing on Kejriwal's plea in money laundering case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to advance the hearing on a petition by A chief Arvind Kejriwal challenging a trial court's order taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed against him in a money laundering case. Excise policy: Delhi HC refuses to prepone hearing on Kejriwal's plea in money laundering case Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said, "matter …

Prosecution sanction for Kejriwal in excise case enough for money laundering trial: ED
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Will Ask PMLA Accused Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial To File Undertaking Against Seeking Adjournments: Supreme Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Will Ask PMLA Accused Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial To File Undertaking Against Seeking Adjournments: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed that it will require persons accused of money laundering to file undertaking that they will not seek adjournments and delay trial before granting bail on the ground that trial is delayed. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih directed Zeeshan Haider, an accused in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering …

ED opposes Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging no sanction in liquor policy case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED opposes Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging no sanction in liquor policy case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate informed the Delhi High Court that there is a sanction against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy case after a notice was issued to the probe agency seeking its response to the AAP leader's plea. The ED's reply came after Kejriwal sought setting aside of a trial …

Excise Policy case: Delhi HC refuses to stay trial against Arvind Kejriwal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Excise Policy case: Delhi HC refuses to stay trial against Arvind Kejriwal

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay for now the trial proceedings against former Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal who is an accused in a case of irregularities linked to the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri further sought a response from the investigating agency Enforcement Directorate on Kejriwal's plea challenging a …

Excise case: Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal moves HC against trial court decision
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Excise case: Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal moves HC against trial court decision

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the High Court, contesting the trial court’s decision to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s complaints in the Excise Policy case. Kejriwal’s petition argues that the trial court’s actions were procedurally flawed due to the absence of mandatory sanctions required under Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Kejriwal’s legal …

Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi High Court stays trial court proceedings against P Chidambaram over alleged money laundering
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi High Court stays trial court proceedings against P Chidambaram over alleged money laundering

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Delhi High Court on Wednesday, November 20, put a stay order on the proceedings against Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram's alleged involvement in the Aircel Maxis money laundering case, reported the news agency PTI. The high court has also asked for a response from the Enforcement Directorate over a plea filed by Chidambaram challenging the trial court's decision to take …

Money Laundering Accused Can't Be Equated With Murder, Rape Accused: Delhi High Court While Granting Bail In PMLA Case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Money Laundering Accused Can't Be Equated With Murder, Rape Accused: Delhi High Court While Granting Bail In PMLA Case

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday remarked that an accused in a money laundering case cannot be equated with those punishable with death, life imprisonment, ten years or more like offences such as murder, rape or dacoity.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said that it is pertinent to keep in mind while dealing with the cases under the PMLA that except in …

Arvind Kejriwal seeks pause on trial court proceedings in Delhi liquor policy case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal seeks pause on trial court proceedings in Delhi liquor policy case

India Today  

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the High Court against trial court's order taking note of a prosecution complaint filed by the ED against him in a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy case. In other words, Kejriwal sought a pause on the trial court proceedings in the money laundering case. In July, Delhi's Rouse Avenue …

High Court pauses trial against P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

High Court pauses trial against P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday paused trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. The order came after the former Union Minister moved the High Court against a trial court's order taking cognisance of the ED chargesheet against him and his son, Karti Chidambaram, in the Aircel-Maxis case. Senior Advocate N Hariharan, …

Someday You Must Find Out How Many PMLA Complaints Ended In Trial & Conviction: Supreme Court Tells ED
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Someday You Must Find Out How Many PMLA Complaints Ended In Trial & Conviction: Supreme Court Tells ED

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday once again expressed concerns about the low rate of convictions in the complaints filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Justice Abhay S Oka, heading a bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, orally told the counsel of the Enforcement Directorate, "Someday you must find out how many cases of a complaint under PMLA have ended …

'How Can Discharge Order Be Stayed?': Supreme Court Expresses Surprise At HC Order
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'How Can Discharge Order Be Stayed?': Supreme Court Expresses Surprise At HC Order

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea by Sikh leader Sudershan Singh Wazir challenging the Delhi High Court's recent order that stayed his discharge order in a murder case and directed him to surrender. During the hearing, Justice Oka questioned the High Court's decision to stay the discharge order issued by the trial court. Following the High …

Trial Not Concluded Within 60 Days From Day Fixed For Recording Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Cites S.480 BNSS To Grant Bail In Cheating Case
2 months ago

Trial Not Concluded Within 60 Days From Day Fixed For Recording Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Cites S.480 BNSS To Grant Bail In Cheating Case

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Rajasthan High Court has allowed the bail application of an accused charged under Sections 420 and 406 IPC, on grounds of Section 480 BNSS, since the trial did not conclude within sixty days from the date fixed for taking evidence in the case and the accused was in custody for more than two years. Section 480 BNSS provides that in …

After Kejriwal, Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Another PMLA Accused For Contesting Elections; Clarifies Order Not To Be Treated As Precedent
2 months ago

After Kejriwal, Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Another PMLA Accused For Contesting Elections; Clarifies Order Not To Be Treated As Precedent

Live Law  

After granting similar relief in Arvind Kejriwal's case, the Supreme Court today granted interim bail to one Subhash Prasad Yadav - accused in a money laundering case - for the purpose of contesting Jharkhand Assembly elections. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order in Yadav's challenge to a Patna High Court order. Apparently, Yadav filed …

High Court Rules on Use of Section 45 of PMLA for Incarceration: No Implication for Delay in Trial
2 months, 2 weeks ago

High Court Rules on Use of Section 45 of PMLA for Incarceration: No Implication for Delay in Trial

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that keeping an accused in custody by using Section 45 of the PMLA as a tool for incarceration is not permissible where the delay in trial is not attributable to the accused. The court observed that Section 45 cannot become a shackle that leads to unreasonably long detention of the accused.

High Court Allows Criminal Revision Petition Against Conviction in PMLA Case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

High Court Allows Criminal Revision Petition Against Conviction in PMLA Case

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has ruled that the pendency of a criminal appeal against the conviction in a schedule offence is not a bar to proceed with the PMLA trial. The court stressed that the schedule case and the PMLA case are distinct and different and thus the trial in money laundering case could not be postponed merely on the …

Requirement Of Expeditious Trial Must Be Read Into Special Statutes Imposing Stringent Bail Provisions : Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Requirement Of Expeditious Trial Must Be Read Into Special Statutes Imposing Stringent Bail Provisions : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court while granting bail to former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, held that higher thresholds for granting bail in stringent penal statutes like the PMLA, UAPA, and NDPS Act cannot be a tool to keep an accused incarcerated without trial. I t is a well settled principle of our criminal jurisprudence that “bail is the rule, and jail …

PMLA case:Former Punjab minister Ashu forced to withdraw bail plea due to lawyers’ goof up
3 months, 2 weeks ago

PMLA case:Former Punjab minister Ashu forced to withdraw bail plea due to lawyers’ goof up

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar: Former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in a food grain transportation scam, was left red-faced as he had to withdraw his bail petition after his team of lawyers inadvertently impleaded the state of Punjab as the respondent instead of the central agency. Former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was arrested by the Enforcement …

India should increase capacity of court system to reduce number of pending trials in money laundering cases: FATF report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India should increase capacity of court system to reduce number of pending trials in money laundering cases: FATF report

The Hindu  

India should aim to reduce the number of pending trials in money laundering cases by making major changes to increase the capacity of the court system, and potentially the capability of the Enforcement Directorate, as per the Financial Action Task Force mutual assessment report of India. Saturation of system The report said the limited number of specialised prosecutors in ED …

Karnataka High Court adjourns hearing on Yediyurappa’s plea against POCSO case on Special Public Prosecutor’s request
4 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court adjourns hearing on Yediyurappa’s plea against POCSO case on Special Public Prosecutor’s request

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka, on the request made by the Special Public Prosecutor, on Friday adjourned till September 5 further hearing on the petition filed by former Chief Minister B.S. “If Mr. Yediyurappa is destined to go to jail he will, I am ready to argue the case,” said Mr. Nagesh while pointing out that on the one hand, …

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Trial has commenced, ED tells Madras High Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Trial has commenced, ED tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement on Wednesday, informed the Madras High Court that the trial in the money laundering case against former Minister V. Senthilbalaji has commenced before the Principal District and Sessions Court in Chennai and one of the prosecution witnesses had already been examined. Sundaresan, assisted by ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh, and adjourned a criminal revision petition …

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case
5 months ago

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court has directed the trial court to grant interim bail to SP MLA from Kanpur Amitabh Bajpai if he files a bail application in a 2021 criminal intimidation case. The high court further directed the trial court to decide his discharge application in the case within two months and clarified that the interim bail will end after …

Gujarat High Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement Order Of Former Police Officer Criticized For Alleged Investigation Lapses In Arms Act Case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Quashes Compulsory Retirement Order Of Former Police Officer Criticized For Alleged Investigation Lapses In Arms Act Case

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has overturned the order of compulsory retirement imposed on a former Police Officer, highlighting critical lapses in the disciplinary proceedings against him. The division bench, comprising Justices A. S. Supehia and Mauna M Bhatt, ruled that the initiation of departmental proceedings based on trial court observations regarding an investigation into the Arms Act was misguided. The …

Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted four more months to the Chennai Principal and Sessions Court to complete trial in the money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji. In February this year, while dismissing the bail application of Balaji, Justice Anand Venkatesh had asked the trial court to complete the trial …

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Madras High Court grants 4 more months for completion of trial
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Madras High Court grants 4 more months for completion of trial

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, granted four more months for the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai to complete the trial in a money laundering case booked by the Directorate of Enforcement against former Minister V. Senthilbalaji. Justice G. Jayachandran granted the time since the Principal Sessions Judge S. Alli had expressed her inability to complete the …

Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To PMLA Accused As Chargesheet Dropped Scheduled Offence
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To PMLA Accused As Chargesheet Dropped Scheduled Offence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to a man who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after noting that there is no scheduled offence as per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 against him in the chargesheet filed in the predicate case.The Court noted that the proceedings under the PMLA can be initiated only if offences mentioned …

Patna HC Orders 2 Judicial Officers To Pay ₹200 As 'Token' Compensation To Man For Subjecting Him To Unjustifiable Trial U/S 498A IPC
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Patna HC Orders 2 Judicial Officers To Pay ₹200 As 'Token' Compensation To Man For Subjecting Him To Unjustifiable Trial U/S 498A IPC

Live Law  

In a one-of-a-kind order, the Patna High Court has directed two judicial officers of the state to pay compensation of ₹100 each to a man subjected to an unjustifiable trial under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The Court added that the amount of compensation was being fixed as a “token” to remind the concerned Judicial Officers that before …

[S. 45 PMLA] Twin Conditions For Bail Not Required To Be Fulfilled When Release In Police Custody Ordered: Punjab & Haryana High Court
9 months, 2 weeks ago

[S. 45 PMLA] Twin Conditions For Bail Not Required To Be Fulfilled When Release In Police Custody Ordered: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court made it clear that the twin condition under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, is not required to be complied with when the Court has ordered release in police custody.According to Section 45 of the PMLA, bail can be granted to an accused in a money laundering case only if twin …

PMLA court summons Jaswant Gajjanmajra in ₹40-cr bank fraud case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

PMLA court summons Jaswant Gajjanmajra in ₹40-cr bank fraud case

Hindustan Times  

A special CBI-cum-PMLA court on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party’s Amargarh MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra and other co-accused on April 1 in connection with the ₹40.92 crore bank fraud case. A PMLA court summoned AAP MLA Jaswant Gajjanmajra in the ₹ 40-cr bank fraud case. The court of Manjot Kaur, special judge, PMLA, summoned Jaswant Singh, his brother Balwant Singh, …

Senthilbalaji case | Madras High Court refuses to stay money laundering trial proceedings
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Senthilbalaji case | Madras High Court refuses to stay money laundering trial proceedings

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, refused to grant an interim stay, for the present, restraining the Chennai Principal Sessions Court from proceeding with the trial in a money laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement against former T.N. Ramesh and Sunder Mohan told Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi and S. Prabakaran that the plea for …

Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Criminal Case Over 22 Yrs Old Land Dispute, Says Prosecution Can't Abuse Legal Remedies To Further Malicious Agenda
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Criminal Case Over 22 Yrs Old Land Dispute, Says Prosecution Can't Abuse Legal Remedies To Further Malicious Agenda

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the summoning order in a cheating case which was lodged 22 years after the alleged incident, observing that prosecution cannot be allowed to take undue benefit of the available legal remedies merely to further its own malicious agenda.A complaint was filed by a son in 2012 against a manager of his …

Coal Block Scam | Whether Restriction On Seeking Stay Of Probe, Trial Applicable To PMLA Cases? Supreme Court To Consider
10 months, 1 week ago

Coal Block Scam | Whether Restriction On Seeking Stay Of Probe, Trial Applicable To PMLA Cases? Supreme Court To Consider

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday called for a response from the Directorate of Enforcement on the issue as to whether bar imposed by the Court's earlier decision, of any prayer for stay/impeding progress of investigation/trial in Coal Block Allocation cases being maintainable only before it, is applicable to orders passed on complaints under the Prevention of Money Laundering. The Supreme …

Madras High Court Sets Aside Discharge Of TN Minister I Periyasamy In Corruption Case
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Sets Aside Discharge Of TN Minister I Periyasamy In Corruption Case

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has set aside the discharge of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy in a corruption case. On Monday, Justice Anand Venkatesh allowed the suo moto revision taken up against the discharge of the Minister and thus set aside the trial court order. Kumar also argued that while dismissing the first discharge petition, the trial court …

Balaji says money-laundering plaint devoid of merits, files fresh petition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Balaji says money-laundering plaint devoid of merits, files fresh petition

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI : Former minister V Senthil Balaji filed a fresh petition in the Principal Sessions and Special Court for PMLA cases seeking to discharge him from the money-laundering case stating the complaint against him is devoid of merits. The discharge petition was filed on Friday, a day after the principal sessions court dismissed his petition to defer the trial until …

Senthilbalaji case | ED urges Madras High Court to order speedy trial, instead of granting bail
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Senthilbalaji case | ED urges Madras High Court to order speedy trial, instead of granting bail

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement has accused former Minister V. Senthilbalaji of intentionally stalling the commencement of trial in a money laundering case and urged the Madras High Court to order speedy trial instead of accepting his plea to grant bail until the completion of trial. ‘Comprise formula criticised by SC’ The ED also highlighted that the Supreme Court, High Court …

Delhi Liquor Policy Case | Supreme Court To Hear On March 5 AAP MP Sanjay Singh's Plea Against Arrest By Enforcement Directorate
11 months ago

Delhi Liquor Policy Case | Supreme Court To Hear On March 5 AAP MP Sanjay Singh's Plea Against Arrest By Enforcement Directorate

Live Law  

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing Singh's plea against a Delhi High Court order refusing to set aside his arrest. Last month, the Aam Aadmi Party MP moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the money laundering case and a bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice in his application, seeking the Enforcement …

PMLA court refuses bail to IRS officer Sachin Sawant
11 months, 1 week ago

PMLA court refuses bail to IRS officer Sachin Sawant

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A special PMLA court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of former Joint Commissioner of Customs, Indian Revenue Service officer Sachin Sawant, accused of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. HT Image Enforcement Directorate has claimed that Sawant generated around ₹4.11 crore from illegal sources of income and amassed assets worth ₹2.45 crore that are disproportionate …

Delhi High Court Orders Day To Day Trial In 2017 Haryana Judicial Paper Leak Case
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Orders Day To Day Trial In 2017 Haryana Judicial Paper Leak Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has asked a trial court in the national capital to expedite the trial in the case concerning the paper leak of Haryana Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2017, and take up the same on a day-to-day basis. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the trial court to dispose of the matter positively on or before April 15 and …

Already Undergone Minimum Sentence In Prison Without Trial: PMLA Court Grants Bail To Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor
1 year ago

Already Undergone Minimum Sentence In Prison Without Trial: PMLA Court Grants Bail To Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor

Live Law  

A Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has granted bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor invoking section 436A of the Criminal Procedure Code – which talks about an under-trial having undergone half of the maximum imprisonment possible. Special PMLA judge M G Deshpande, while granting bail to Kapoor, observed, “Till date the applicant has undergone custody …

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Order For Supply Of UAPA FIR To Accused Neelam Azad
1 year ago

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Order For Supply Of UAPA FIR To Accused Neelam Azad

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed a trial court order directing the Delhi Police to supply copy of the FIR, registered by it under Unlawful Activities Act, to accused Neelam Azad, arrested over recent security breach in the Parliament.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma stayed the execution of the trial court order passed yesterday and issued notice on Delhi Police's plea …

Delhi court dismisses former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's plea to stay ED's money laundering case against him
1 year ago

Delhi court dismisses former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's plea to stay ED's money laundering case against him

Op India  

On 14th December, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma Court in Shahadara district of Delhi dismissed Aam Aadmi Party former councilor Tahir Hussain’s plea to stay the money laundering case against him. In his plea, Hussain had requested the court to stay the matter until the charges were framed against him in another matter related to the anti-Hindu Delhi …

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