While hearing a batch of petitions challenging penal provisions of the Customs Act, GST Act, etc. Next, he brought the court's attention to Section 25, Evidence Act, to submit that the courts have held Customs Officers, Central Excise Officers to not be "police officers" and therefore, Section 25 does not apply. "It otherwise made provisions where a Customs Officers can …
The Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta continued his arguments in the Supreme Court on Thursday defending the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. P. C., the Court takes cognisance on a police report filing under section 173 while in case of investigation by "authorities" under PMLA, the Court takes cognisance upon a complaint made by an authority; …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that the PMLA Act offences are not cognisable only to the extent of the scheme of the Cr. P. C. The Court was hearing SG Tushar Mehta's response to the primary contention of the Petitioners that the offence of money laundering under the PMLA is a non-cognisable offence, and that therefore, as a corollary, …
In an important judgment delivered on Thursday, the Supreme Court has held that the officers who are invested with powers under section 53 of the NDPS Act are "police officers" within the meaning of section 25 of the Evidence Act, as a result of which any confessional statement made to them would be barred under the provisions of section 25 …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate to the plea made by Deepak Kochhar in the ICICI-Videocon case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A plea filed by him before the Delhi High Court seeking to be shifted to a private hospital at his own expense was declined to be entertained by Hon'ble …
