The story so far: The draconian Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2002 has evolved as the Government’s “hatchet” law in recent years, considering the series of raids and arrests of politicians, their relatives, and activists. The statement of objects and reasons of the PMLA Bill of 1999 refers to various international conventions and instruments dealing primarily with money laundering …
The Enforcement Directorate has vehemently opposed a plea filed by the former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande, seeking to quash a money laundering and corruption case against him lodged by the agency. The reply stated, "Palande’s statement has interalia stated that a list containing the reference with regard to the transfer and postings of police officers …
