Supreme Court Dismisses ED’s Challenge To Bail Granted To Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey In Phone Tapping Case
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses ED’s Challenge To Bail Granted To Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey In Phone Tapping Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a plea filed by the Directorate of Enforcement challenging the order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in a money laundering case related to the alleged illegal phone tapping of employees by National Stock Exchange.A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah found no. The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a plea filed by the Directorate of Enforcement challenging the order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in a money laundering case related to the alleged illegal phone tapping of employees by National Stock Exchange. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah found no reason to interfere with the High Court order. While granting bail, the Delhi High Court observed that tapping phone lines or recording calls without the concerned individual's consent is a breach of privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

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Police move Delhi HC against trial court’s MCOCA ruling
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Police move Delhi HC against trial court’s MCOCA ruling

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has urged the Delhi High Court to overturn a trial court order that denied them permission to interrogate an accused in a case filed under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, asserting that the ruling obstructs the prosecution’s efforts against organised crime. Police sought to interrogate Asrar, alias Israr, but the Karkardooma Court dismissed …

[PMLA] Liberty Is Intrinsic To Rule Of Law, Court Cannot Be Restrained From Granting Bail On Account Of Restrictive Statute: Calcutta HC
3 months, 1 week ago

[PMLA] Liberty Is Intrinsic To Rule Of Law, Court Cannot Be Restrained From Granting Bail On Account Of Restrictive Statute: Calcutta HC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to a man being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate under the PMLA for allegedly running a fake call centre and promising services to victims in exchange for money, which were never delivered. Seeking release of the petitioner on bail, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that by virtue of a leave and licence …

Delhi HC issues notice to ED on Sisodia’s plea
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC issues notice to ED on Sisodia’s plea

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Monday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, challenging a city court’s decision to take cognisance of the probe agency’s charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy case. Sisodia contended that ED failed to obtain the requisite sanction under Section 197 before prosecuting …

State Govt Can Take Action Against IPS Officers Serving In Their Territory: Centre Tells Calcutta High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

State Govt Can Take Action Against IPS Officers Serving In Their Territory: Centre Tells Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday was told by Additional Solicitor General Ashok Kr Chakrabarti appearing for the central government, that the Department of Personnel and Training was not the competent authority to take action against IPS officers deployed in various states.The ASG submitted a circular dated 24th October by the Ministry of Home Affairs, to a division bench of …

Not Necessary For PMLA Special Court To Record Reasons For Cognizance Of ED's Complaint: Delhi High Court
4 months ago

Not Necessary For PMLA Special Court To Record Reasons For Cognizance Of ED's Complaint: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently held that it is not necessary for the Special Court under PMLA to record its reasons for taking cognizance of Enforcement Directorate complaint, unlike a private complaint under CrPC or BNSS.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed that an initial complaint can be filed by ED under Section 44 of the PMLA, even if the investigation …

NIA Files 17 Appeals to Challenge Kerala High Court Order on PFI Members
5 months ago

NIA Files 17 Appeals to Challenge Kerala High Court Order on PFI Members

Deccan Chronicle  

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed 17 separate appeals regarding the Kerala High Court order granting bail to 17 members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI). The high court's order imposed stringent conditions on their bail, including sharing mobile numbers and real-time GPS locations with the investigating officer, surrendering passports, and remaining within Kerala.

Mumbai ED attaches fresh assets of Nirav Modi
6 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai ED attaches fresh assets of Nirav Modi

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai Zonal Office has provisionally attached proceeds of crime in the form of immovable properties and bank balances amounting to ₹29.75 Crore in the case of PNB Bank fraud by Nirav Modi, ED officials said in a press statement on September 11, 2024. During PMLA investigation, earlier ED had attached movable and immovable assets of Nirav Modi …

Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea In PMLA Case | Either Have Trial Of All Predicate Offences Or Exclude Any : Supreme Court To ED While Reserving Judgment
7 months ago

Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea In PMLA Case | Either Have Trial Of All Predicate Offences Or Exclude Any : Supreme Court To ED While Reserving Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the ED must either rely on a complete trial of all three predicate offences against Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case against him or decide to let go of some cases as predicate offence. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih had earlier raised the question of whether …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To ED On Vijay Nair's Bail Plea In Liquor Policy Case
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To ED On Vijay Nair's Bail Plea In Liquor Policy Case

Live Law  

Today, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Directorate of Enforcement on the bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party communications-in-charge Vijay Nair in a money laundering case pertaining to the national capital's excise policy. During the course of today's proceedings, Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhary, appearing for Nair, cited the recent case wherein the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief …

Delhi excise policy case: SC adjourns Sisodia's bail hearing to August 5
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi excise policy case: SC adjourns Sisodia's bail hearing to August 5

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court adjourned former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his bail to August 5 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice B R Gavai and Justice K V Viswanathan said, "Let the ED reply be filed prior to Thursday. …

'This is shocking': Supreme Court on Delhi High Court pausing bail order for a year
8 months, 1 week ago

'This is shocking': Supreme Court on Delhi High Court pausing bail order for a year

India Today  

Expressing shock over the way the Delhi High Court stayed a regular bail order for a year without specifying any reason, the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict and questioned the Enforcement Directorate for defending the high court's decision. A bench of Justices AS Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing a plea by Parvinder Singh Khurana, an accused …

Delhi HC to hear ED’s plea challenging Kejriwal’s bail by city court on July 15
8 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC to hear ED’s plea challenging Kejriwal’s bail by city court on July 15

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday listed the matter to July 15, the Enforcement Directorate’s plea challenging bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by the trial court on June 20 in the alleged money laundering case even as the CM’s legal team requested the court to hear the matter on urgent basis. The high court had on …

Bail order exposed BJP conspiracy, so ED challenged it in Delhi HC: Sanjay Singh
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bail order exposed BJP conspiracy, so ED challenged it in Delhi HC: Sanjay Singh

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Friday said the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday exposed the conspiracy of the BJP-led central government and the biased investigation by the Enforcement Directorate ; thus the agency rushed to the Delhi High Court to stall the order. Addressing the press after the high …

Excise policy case: Delhi HC scheduled to deliver order on Manish Sisodia's bail pleas on Tuesday
10 months ago

Excise policy case: Delhi HC scheduled to deliver order on Manish Sisodia's bail pleas on Tuesday

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court is scheduled to deliver on Tuesday its order on bail pleas of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in money laundering and corruption cases lodged by the ED and CBI respectively in connection with alleged liquor scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma is likely to pronounce the orders on both bail pleas at 5 …

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

Excise policy case: Delhi HC seeks ED’s response on K Kavitha’s bail plea
10 months, 1 week ago

Excise policy case: Delhi HC seeks ED’s response on K Kavitha’s bail plea

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate’s on Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha’s plea seeking bail in the money laundering case in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor excise policy 2021-22. Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the high court issued a notice …

Delhi Court Raps ED For 'High-Handed Act', Says It Can't Invoke S.50 PMLA Against Private Citizens Who Are Not Even Suspects
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Court Raps ED For 'High-Handed Act', Says It Can't Invoke S.50 PMLA Against Private Citizens Who Are Not Even Suspects

Live Law  

The Delhi Court yesterday rapped the Enforcement Directorate and said that as an investigative agency, it is bound by the rule of law and cannot be seen as acting mighty against the ordinary citizen who is not even a suspect.Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts pulled up ED for invoking Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering …

Trial court sets terms and conditions for Sanjay Singh’s bail
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial court sets terms and conditions for Sanjay Singh’s bail

Hindustan Times  

A trial court on Wednesday asked Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Sanjay Singh to provide a detailed itinerary of the places he travels to, share his mobile number, and always keep his GPS location on as it set the terms and conditions for his release from prison. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Singh’s release from prison subject to the trial …

SC dismisses West Bengal’s challenge to Calcutta HC’s transfer of probe into the attack on ED’s team at Sandeshkhali to CBI
1 year ago

SC dismisses West Bengal’s challenge to Calcutta HC’s transfer of probe into the attack on ED’s team at Sandeshkhali to CBI

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 11 rejected a petition filed by the State of West Bengal challenging a Calcutta High Court order transferring to the Central Bureau of Investigation the probe into an attack on a team of Directorate of Enforcement officers at Sandeshkhali on January 5. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, however, ordered expunging certain remarks and observations made against …

SC seeks ED's reply to AAP leader Sanjay Singh's bail plea in Delhi excise policy 'scam' case
1 year ago

SC seeks ED's reply to AAP leader Sanjay Singh's bail plea in Delhi excise policy 'scam' case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court sought the Enforcement Directorate's response on February 26 on a bail plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh in a money-laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued a notice to the federal agency on the plea, in which Mr. Singh has challenged …

Senthilbalaji case | ED urges Madras High Court to order speedy trial, instead of granting bail
1 year, 1 month 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 excise policy case: HC seeks ED response to MP Sanjay Singh’s bail plea
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi excise policy case: HC seeks ED response to MP Sanjay Singh’s bail plea

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Monday sought the Enforcement Directorate’s response to Aam Aadmi Party member of Parliament Sanjay Singh’s bail plea in the money laundering case registered in connection with the now-scrapped 2021-22 Delhi excise policy. Singh, 51, who was arrested on October 4 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for allegedly receiving ₹2 crore, moved the high …

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu
1 year, 3 months ago

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the State government to submit complete details regarding the number of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs in the State, the courts in which they are pending and the stage of the proceedings before those courts. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy asked Advocate …

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Court summons ED Special Director over non-appearance of prosecution in PMLA case against Tahir Hussain
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Court summons ED Special Director over non-appearance of prosecution in PMLA case against Tahir Hussain

Op India  

Delhi’s Karkardooma Court on Tuesday summoned the Special Director of Enforcement Directorate over the non-appearance of Prosecution in a money laundering case against Aam Aadmi Party’s former Councillor Tahir Hussain. On January 11, 2023, the court framed the charges against ex-MCD councillor Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case. The Delhi High Court had dismissed his plea challenging the trial …

ED Can't Invoke PMLA Using S.120B IPC When Criminal Conspiracy Isn't Linked To A Scheduled Offence : Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

ED Can't Invoke PMLA Using S.120B IPC When Criminal Conspiracy Isn't Linked To A Scheduled Offence : Supreme Court

Live Law  

In an important judgment pronounced today, the Supreme Court clarified that an offence of criminal conspiracy punishable under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code will be deemed a scheduled offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act only if the alleged conspiracy is directed towards committing an offence specifically included in the schedule of the PMLA. Though the offences …

Supended CBI judge, nephew move bail plea; court seeks reply from ED on October 20
1 year, 5 months ago

Supended CBI judge, nephew move bail plea; court seeks reply from ED on October 20

Hindustan Times  

After suspended special CBI judge Sudhir Parmar and his nephew Ajay Parmar, who were arrested in a money laundering case, moved a bail application in a court, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act special court, Panchkula, presided over by Rajeev Goyal issued a notice to Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday, seeking a reply to the bail application on October 20. As …

SC to hear petitions challenging its order upholding PMLA provisions tomorrow
1 year, 5 months ago

SC to hear petitions challenging its order upholding PMLA provisions tomorrow

Live Mint  

Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the batch of petitions challenging the July 2022 judgment of the apex court which upheld the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Delhi excise policy case: CBI, ED tells Supreme Court contemplating making AAP accused A special bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, and Justice Bela M. Trivedi will …

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India organization.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal while confirming. …

High Court of Karnataka grants bail to IPS officer Amrit Paul in PSI scam
1 year, 5 months ago

High Court of Karnataka grants bail to IPS officer Amrit Paul in PSI scam

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday granted bail to suspended senior IPS officer Amrit Paul in the police sub-inspector scam case and directed him not to intimidate or influence the investigating officers, who are all his subordinates in the Police Department. Justice Mohammad Nawaz passed the order while allowing the petition filed by Mr. Paul, who was arrested in …

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against appointment of former CBI chief
1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against appointment of former CBI chief

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Maharashtra police official who sought to quash the order appointing IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The plea, filed by retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajendra Trivedi, had also requested the court to restrain Jaiswal from carrying out his duties as …

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Direction For Inquiry Against Enforcement Directorate’s Assistant Director, Other Officials
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Direction For Inquiry Against Enforcement Directorate’s Assistant Director, Other Officials

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has stayed a trial court order to the extent it directed an inquiry to be initiated against an investigating officer — an Assistant Director-rank officer of the Enforcement Directorate, and his superior officers over “unjustified incarceration” of an accused in jail for 17 days.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice on ED’s plea and ordered:“List the matter. …

Two lawyers move Bombay High Court for case against cops who assaulted them
1 year, 8 months ago

Two lawyers move Bombay High Court for case against cops who assaulted them

India Today  

Two lawyers who were assaulted inside the Antop Hill police station in Mumbai last month have taken their case to the Bombay High Court. Advocates Sadhana Yadav and Harikesh Mishra have filed a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against Senior police officer Nasir Kulkarni and other personnel who were on duty at the time. The petition alleges that …

Unitech Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice On ED’s Plea Challenging Bail Granted By Delhi High Court To Preeti Chandra
1 year, 9 months ago

Unitech Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice On ED’s Plea Challenging Bail Granted By Delhi High Court To Preeti Chandra

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in the plea filed by the Directorate of Enforcement assailing the order of the Delhi High Court whereby bail was granted to Preeti Chandra, the wife of Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra, in a money laundering case. At the outset, the Additional Solicitor General, Sanjay Jain, appearing for the ED, apprised a vacation Bench …

S.319 Cr PC| Person Not Named In FIR Can Be Added As Accused If There's Sufficient Evidence Of His Involvement : Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

S.319 Cr PC| Person Not Named In FIR Can Be Added As Accused If There's Sufficient Evidence Of His Involvement : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently upheld an order of Allahabad High Court which dismissed an appeal filed by a person, who was not named in the FIR, under Section 14A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 against a summoning order to face the trial passed by a Special Court in exercise of power its under Section 319 of …

Supreme Court paves way for probe to continue against T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji, allows ED to initiate proceedings
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court paves way for probe to continue against T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji, allows ED to initiate proceedings

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 16 paved the way for the Crime Branch investigation to continue against Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji, who is accused of taking bribes in exchange for jobs in the Metro Transport Corporation. A Bench of Justices Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian set aside a Madras High Court order of October 31 last year, directing de …

ED Opposes Bail Heavily But Takes No Step To Begin Trial: Mumbai Court While Granting Bail To Yes Bank Founder In 200 Cr Loan Fraud Case
1 year, 11 months ago

ED Opposes Bail Heavily But Takes No Step To Begin Trial: Mumbai Court While Granting Bail To Yes Bank Founder In 200 Cr Loan Fraud Case

Live Law  

A PMLA court in Mumbai granted bail to Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor in a Rs 200 Crore loan fraud case. The court found it “astonishing” that the ED never arrested Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan, HDIL Promoters, and other top Yes Bank officials despite attributing similar roles to them in the crime. Further, ED started looking for this information only …

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, ED on plea challenging Sections 50 & 63 of PMLA
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, ED on plea challenging Sections 50 & 63 of PMLA

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Enforcement Directorate on a petition that has challenged the constitutionality of Section 50 and Section 63 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2022. READ | Explained: Supreme Court's big verdict on Prevention of Money Laundering Act During a brief hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Singh …

SC dismisses ED’s appeal against bail to DHFL’s Wadhawan in Yes Bank case
1 year, 11 months ago

SC dismisses ED’s appeal against bail to DHFL’s Wadhawan in Yes Bank case

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Enforcement Directorate against the Bombay High Court's decision to grant bail to Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, former DHFL promoters, in a Yes Bank money laundering case. The legal issue had arisen during the hearing of an ED's appeal against a Bombay High Court order granting bail to the former …

PMLA and the burden of proof: Trouble ahead for Manish Sisodia after ED arrest
2 years ago

PMLA and the burden of proof: Trouble ahead for Manish Sisodia after ED arrest

India Today  

Amidst political uproar and spat between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, former deputy CM of Delhi, Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday evening after being interrogated inside the Tihar Jail. Section 45 of the PMLA sets out very stringent conditions for bail, essentially that the court has to be prima facie convinced …

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 …

NSE phone tapping case: Delhi High Court grants bail to Chitra Ramakrishna in money laundering issue
2 years, 1 month ago

NSE phone tapping case: Delhi High Court grants bail to Chitra Ramakrishna in money laundering issue

India TV News  

NSE phone tapping case: The Delhi High Court today allowed the bail petition of Chitra Ramakrishna Former Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange in a phone-tapping money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate. Names included in ED chargesheet: The chargesheet mentioned the names of Chitra Ramkrishna, Ravi Narain and Sanjay Pandey, former Mumbai Police commissioner and …

Gujarat High Court Allows Rape Accused To Use Victim’s Section 161 CrPC Statement Of Different Case To Contradict Her Allegations
2 years, 1 month ago

Gujarat High Court Allows Rape Accused To Use Victim’s Section 161 CrPC Statement Of Different Case To Contradict Her Allegations

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed a trial court order denying the accused opportunity to examine a police inspector in a rape case. The trial court had also observed that unless and until she is not examined by the court, the statement recorded under Section 161 of Cr.P.C. Before the registration of rape case, the victim's brother had lodged the …

Delhi High Court refuses 2006 Mumbai train blast convict’s plea to disclose probe report on the case
2 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court refuses 2006 Mumbai train blast convict’s plea to disclose probe report on the case

Op India  

Delhi High court on Friday dismissed the appeal of Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai Train blast case against the Central Information Commission’s order. However, the High Court has directed the superintendent of Nagpur central jail to provide the petitioner with books he has sought under the RTI within four weeks either online or hard …

Unacceptable: Court pulls up probe agency over delay in case against Sanjay Raut
2 years, 1 month ago

Unacceptable: Court pulls up probe agency over delay in case against Sanjay Raut

India Today  

A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Tuesday came down like a ton of bricks on the Enforcement Directorate for failing to complete the procedure required for the trial to begin against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and others in the Patra Chawl case. The Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd promoters Rakesh and Sarang Wadhwan, Sanjay …

Courts Are Not Expected To Stall Investigation, Cannot Interfere When There Is Prima Facie Material: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against PMLA Proceedings
2 years, 2 months ago

Courts Are Not Expected To Stall Investigation, Cannot Interfere When There Is Prima Facie Material: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against PMLA Proceedings

Live Law  

While dismissing a plea by a company challenging the proceedings initiated by Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Madras High Court observed that the two requirements to start an investigation by the ED are commission of a predicate offence and prima facie material to show that such schedule offence has. While dismissing a plea by a …

NSE phone tapping case: HC grants bail to ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey
2 years, 3 months ago

NSE phone tapping case: HC grants bail to ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday, December 8. 2022, granted bail to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of National Stock Exchange employees. The money laundering case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, arises from a CBI FIR against Pandey and his company …

Special Court's Remarks In Sanjay Raut Bail Order Unreasoned, Demonstrate Lack Of Application Of Mind: ED To Bombay High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Special Court's Remarks In Sanjay Raut Bail Order Unreasoned, Demonstrate Lack Of Application Of Mind: ED To Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Special PMLA Court's stinging remarks against the Enforcement Directorate while granting bail to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut were "unreasoned," "demonstrate a lack of application of mind" and have "chilling effect" on the ED's morale as an investigating agency, the ED has said. The special court's observations faulting the manner in which ED conducts its cases and bail applications …

No cut-paste job done by trial court: CBI seeks dismissal of Anil Deshmukh's bail plea
2 years, 4 months ago

No cut-paste job done by trial court: CBI seeks dismissal of Anil Deshmukh's bail plea

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday sought the dismissal of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's bail plea and stated that no relief should be given to him. Deshmukh had filed the bail plea in the Bombay High Court last month through his lawyers Aniket Nikam and Inderpal Singh after it was rejected by the special CBI court. Meanwhile, …

NSE Co-location Scam: Why Did Delhi High Court Call CBI Chargesheet Incomplete?
2 years, 5 months ago

NSE Co-location Scam: Why Did Delhi High Court Call CBI Chargesheet Incomplete?

Live Law  

Granting default bail to the former National Stock Exchange CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and Chief Strategic Advisor to MD Anand Subramanian, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday called the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe report 'a piecemeal chargesheet'. Section 173, Section 167 CrPC Ramkrishna and Subramanian before the court sought default bail under Section 167 CrPC, arguing that CBI has failed …

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