More Trouble for Suspended Kerala IAS Officer, Customs to Arrest Him in Gold Smuggling Case
4 years, 1 month ago

More Trouble for Suspended Kerala IAS Officer, Customs to Arrest Him in Gold Smuggling Case

News 18  

A special court for PMLA cases here on Monday granted permission to the Customs to arrest suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, who is currently in judicial custody, in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case. The court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act allowed the prayer by the Customs, which claimed it has got direct incriminating material against Sivasankar over his 'involvement' in the sensational smuggling of gold using diplomatic channel. Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is presently lodged in a jail here after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate probing the money trail in the gold smuggling case. The Customs said it has arrested around 15 people, including prime accused Swapna Suresh, Sarith PS and Sandeep Nair, in connection with the seizure of 30 kg smuggled gold illicitly imported as diplomatic baggage of UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram on July 5.

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Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal granted bail in money laundering case after 28 months
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal granted bail in money laundering case after 28 months

India Today  

Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal, who has been in judicial custody for the last 28 months in an alleged money laundering case, was granted bail by a Jharkhand court on Saturday. The bail was granted to Singhal by a special Ranchi PMLA court, where her plea was heard under provisions of a law regarding prolonged judicial custody. The court had …

Kerala government suspends two IAS officers
1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala government suspends two IAS officers

Deccan Chronicle  

DC CORRESPONDENT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Nov 11 : The Kerala government on Monday suspended Industries Director K. Gopalakrishnan, IAS, due to his involvement in forming a WhatsApp group named 'Mallu Hindu Officers', which sparked major controversy in the state. The IAS officer also formed a group named 'Muslim Officers' to support his claim that his phone was compromised. The government also suspended …

Former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq, accused of drug smuggling, moves Madras High Court with plea to quash ED’s arrest order
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq, accused of drug smuggling, moves Madras High Court with plea to quash ED’s arrest order

The Hindu  

Former DMK functionary, A. Jaffer Saddiq, 35, of Chennai, accused in a narcotic drugs smuggling case, has approached the Madras High Court with a plea to quash an order passed by the Directorate of Enforcement on June 26, 2024 for arresting him in connection with a money laundering case. Ramesh and Sunder Mohan on Thursday allowed a sub application filed …

Panjagutta Police nabs suspended DSP of Special Intelligence Bureau
9 months, 1 week ago

Panjagutta Police nabs suspended DSP of Special Intelligence Bureau

The Hindu  

The Panjagutta police took the now suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Special Intelligence Bureau into custody on late Tuesday night. He was booked for tampering with evidence, breach of trust, and other criminal offences during his stint in the crime records bureau of SIB D. Praneeth Kumar alias Praneeth Rao, who was working in the District Crime Records …

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 …

Haryana: One arrested by ED in financial fraud case liked to NHAI, state Infrastructure body
1 year, 4 months ago

Haryana: One arrested by ED in financial fraud case liked to NHAI, state Infrastructure body

India TV News  

One accused was arrested in an ongoing money laundering investigation linked to alleged financial fraud with the NHAI and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, said the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday. The ED last month arrested Naresh Kumar Sheokhand, a former district revenue officer-cum-land acquisition collector of Panchkula, in this case. Shekhar, in connivance with Sheokhand and others, …

Drug smuggling case: Mohali court dismisses Raj Jit’s interim bail application
1 year, 5 months ago

Drug smuggling case: Mohali court dismisses Raj Jit’s interim bail application

Hindustan Times  

The local court on Friday dismissed the interim bail application of dismissed assistant inspector general of Punjab Police Raj Jit Singh Hundal, who has been named in a drug smuggling case. Raj Jit Singh Hundal HS Dhanoa appearing on behalf of the sacked AIG had moved an application under Section 70 of the CrPC to cancel/recall/revoke the arrest warrants and …

Jharkhand: Arrested IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan remanded to 6-day ED custody in land scam case
1 year, 7 months ago

Jharkhand: Arrested IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan remanded to 6-day ED custody in land scam case

India TV News  

Land deal scam: A special PMLA court in Ranchi on Saturday remanded six-day Enforcement Directorate custody to Jharkhand IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, who was arrested in connection with its probe into alleged "illegal" land deals. Meanwhile, Ranjan's lawyer Abhishek Krishna Gupta said the court remanded the 2011-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre to six days of ED custody, and …

Kerala HC dismisses M Sivasankar's bail plea in Life Mission case
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala HC dismisses M Sivasankar's bail plea in Life Mission case

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a money-laundering case related to the alleged corruption in the Life Mission project, a housing scheme for the homeless. While dismissing the bail plea, the HC said, "The petitioner is a highly influential person closely associated with …

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 …

ED backs up claim of larger nexus in Kerala case with WhatsApp chats
1 year, 10 months ago

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

Hindustan Times  

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

LIFE Mission case: ED arrests M. Sivasankar, to produce him before PMLA court today
1 year, 10 months ago

LIFE Mission case: ED arrests M. Sivasankar, to produce him before PMLA court today

The Hindu  

M. Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Life Mission bribe case late on Tuesday night, will be produced before the Ernakulam District and Sessions Court in a short while. Santhosh Eapen, the managing director of the construction company which was selected for constructing the houses under the LIFE …

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former bureaucrat M Sivasankar after three-day questioning in connection with the alleged corruption in the Life Mission scheme for free houses for the homeless in Kerala. Sivasankar, a former principal secretary to the Kerala chief minister, earlier spent 100 days in jail in connection with the seizure of 30 kg of gold from a diplomatic …

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, …

ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in money laundering case
2 years, 1 month ago

ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in money laundering case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning on November 3 in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state, officials said on Wednesday. The ED probe began after the agency raided Mishra and his alleged associates on July 8, covering 19 locations in Sahibganj, Barhait, Rajmahal, Mirza Chauki and …

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 …

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

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

Live Law  

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

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 …

Jharkhand: Court rejects suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal's bail plea
2 years, 4 months ago

Jharkhand: Court rejects suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal's bail plea

Hindustan Times  

A special PMLA court in Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. Accused IAS officer Pooja Singhal being brought to the ED court in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti district, in …

ED Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Trial Of Gold Smuggling Case From Kerala To Karnataka
2 years, 5 months ago

ED Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Trial Of Gold Smuggling Case From Kerala To Karnataka

Live Law  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to transfer the trial in the gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka. The transfer is sought for the money laundering case in relation to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channels.The agency says that "free and fair trial" of the case is not possible in Kerala due …

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 …

In-Flight Protest Against Chief Minister: Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To 3rd Accused
2 years, 6 months ago

In-Flight Protest Against Chief Minister: Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To 3rd Accused

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to a Youth Congress worker Sujith Narayanan who has been accused of conspiring to protest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on a flight at the Thiruvananthapuram airport.Justice Viju Abraham granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner observing that while the first two accused allegedly involved in the incident were arrested,. The Kerala …

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: Congress protesters demand the resignation of CM Pinarayi Vijayan
2 years, 6 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling case: Congress protesters demand the resignation of CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Op India  

The Kerala Police on Saturday used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the Youth Congress workers who protested outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. The protesting workers also demanded the resignation of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in the 2020 Kerala gold smuggling case. #WATCH | Police use water cannons to disperse Youth Congress workers who are protesting outside Secretariat in …

CPI(M) MP writes to DGCA alleging assault on Kerala CM inside flight
2 years, 6 months ago

CPI(M) MP writes to DGCA alleging assault on Kerala CM inside flight

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Communist Party of India Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, Dr V Sivadasan, wrote a letter to Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Kumar alleging assault on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inside a flight from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Sivadasan, in a letter dated June 13, said, "I would like to invite your attention to the heinous …

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 …

Kerala: Gold Smuggling Case Returns to Haunt Ruling LDF; CM Rejects Prime Accused's Allegations
2 years, 6 months ago

Kerala: Gold Smuggling Case Returns to Haunt Ruling LDF; CM Rejects Prime Accused's Allegations

News 18  

The sensational gold smuggling case that had rocked Kerala before the Assembly polls last year has returned to haunt the ruling LDF with prime accused in the case, Swapna Suresh, on Tuesday levelling certain allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family members and some top bureaucrats. While the Chief Minister dismissed as “baseless,” Suresh’s allegations of some sort of …

ED arrests PFI member from Kerala's Kozhikode airport in money laundering case
2 years, 9 months ago

ED arrests PFI member from Kerala's Kozhikode airport in money laundering case

Firstpost  

The immigration authorities at the airport had intercepted Abdul Razzak BP, a divisional president of the PFI Perumpadappu unit in Malappuram, on 9 March, acting on an ED lookout circular issued against him. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a PFI member from Kerala’s Kozhikode airport while he was trying to flee the country as the agency probes him …

Kerala Gold smuggling case: ED summons Swapna Suresh to appear tomorrow
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala Gold smuggling case: ED summons Swapna Suresh to appear tomorrow

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, and asked her to appear before its Kochi office on Wednesday at 11 am. The Kerala gold smuggling case pertains to the smuggling of gold in the state through diplomatic channels. Recently, Swapna Suresh had alleged that she was exploited and manipulated by …

Kerala gold smuggling case: ED summons key accused Swapna Suresh
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala gold smuggling case: ED summons key accused Swapna Suresh

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the gold smuggling case, to appear before it. Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in Bengaluru, on July 11, 2020. The summons come after Swapna Suresh made allegations against senior IAS officer and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former principal secretary M …

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 …

How Central agencies failed to link the Pinarayi Vijayan government to the 2020 gold smuggling case
3 years, 2 months ago

How Central agencies failed to link the Pinarayi Vijayan government to the 2020 gold smuggling case

India Today  

At 3 pm on October 9, Sandeep Nair, a Thiruvananthapuram-based businessman who is one of the accused in the gold smuggling through diplomatic channels case that rocked Kerala in July 2020, was released from Poojappura Central Prison. Later, he said Central agencies had compelled him to accuse several top politicians of being involved in the case, including Chief Minister Pinarayi …

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 …

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. …

ISRO Espionage Case: Kerala High Court Extends Interim Protection To Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar & Other Accused
3 years, 4 months ago

ISRO Espionage Case: Kerala High Court Extends Interim Protection To Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar & Other Accused

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended the interim protection from arrest given to former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, two former Kerala Police officers, and a retired IB official in the ISRO conspiracy case once again till August 11th. Justice Ashok Menon extended the relief for another day after the ASG P. Vijayakumar representing CBI informed the court that an …

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 …

One year of Kerala gold smuggling case, agencies still in dark
3 years, 5 months ago

One year of Kerala gold smuggling case, agencies still in dark

India TV News  

On the eve of the first anniversary of the now-infamous Kerala gold smuggling case, which at one point even threatened to unseat the Pinarayi Vijayan government, following a massive onslaught by both the Congress-led UDF and the BJP, not only did Vijayan return with a thumping win in the April 6 assembly polls, he continues to be in the driving …

"Attempt To Prevent Investigation": ED Moves High Court Challenging Judicial Inquiry Ordered By Kerala Govt In Gold Smuggling Case
3 years, 6 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 …

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 …

No FIR Against CM Vijayan in Gold Smuggling: Cong Alleges Nexus Between BJP-led NDA and LDF Govts
3 years, 8 months ago

No FIR Against CM Vijayan in Gold Smuggling: Cong Alleges Nexus Between BJP-led NDA and LDF Govts

News 18  

Attacking the ruling Left Front in poll-bound Kerala, the Congress on Monday alleged there seems to be some understanding between the BJP-led NDA and LDF governments due to which no FIR has been registered against the Chief Minister, three of his cabinet colleagues and the Assembly speaker in the gold smuggling case. "But Prime minister Narendra Modi and his government …

Gold smuggling case: Sivasankar fabricating evidence, ED tells SC
3 years, 9 months ago

Gold smuggling case: Sivasankar fabricating evidence, ED tells SC

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has told the Supreme Court that former top civil servant and prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, M. Sivasankar, is fabricating evidence to prove that the probe officer is “exerting pressure” on accused Swapna Suresh to entangle Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. “After coming out on bail, the respondent accused has been influencing …

Will Kerala's gold smuggling case be Pinarayi Vijayan's undoing?
3 years, 9 months ago

Will Kerala's gold smuggling case be Pinarayi Vijayan's undoing?

India Today  

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan could be close to a historic achievement in the southern state—a second consecutive term. Customs made a sensational claim in the High Court of Kerala that the CM, Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan and three other ministers were involved in the dollar smuggling case carried out by the UAE embassy officials. Customs submitted an affidavit before the …

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