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1 week, 3 days ago

Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers

Live Law

The arrest and detention under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act often turn out to be a punishment due to the wide powers given to the Enforcement Directorate and its stringent bail provisions. Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED" The High Court pointed out the practice of passing custodial interrogation orders in a …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Delhi HC to hear D K Shivakumar's plea against ED probe in Jan 2025

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Tuesday posted on January 23 a plea by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar against a money laundering probe by the Enforcement Directorate. Delhi HC to hear D K Shivakumar's plea against ED probe in Jan 2025 A bench comprising Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma deferred the matter saying it …

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3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court defers DK Shivakumar's plea against ED disproportionate assets probe

India Today

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s plea against a money laundering investigation by the Enforcement Directorate to January 23, 2025. Shivakumar had filed the petition in 2022, seeking to quash the ED’s investigation, including summons issued to him under an Enforcement Case Information Report registered in 2020 following allegations of …

Investigation Disproportionate Assets Delhi High Court Case Shivakumar Ecir

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Dismisses TN Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan's Plea Challenging PMLA Proceedings By ED

Live Law

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister challenging the PMLA proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Proceedings against him. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam dismissed Radhakrishnan's plea and asked him to cooperate with the investigating agency to complete the probe in the money laundering case and allow it to file …

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5 months ago

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining

Live Law

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. The court added that unless a case in the scheduled offence was registered and such an offence generated proceeds of crime, the ED could not have initiated any action. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files new case in Chhattisgarh liquor scam after Supreme Court ruling

Hindustan Times

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday registered a new case to probe “afresh” alleged corruption in Chhattisgarh’s liquor industry, people aware of developments said — a day after the Supreme Court quashed money laundering proceedings in the case, holding that no scheduled offence was established for the agency to proceed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Chhattisgarh police FIR …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

SC upholds HC’s order of quashing of ECIR against Suresh Venkatachari - The Hindu

The Hindu

SecureKloud Technologies, a digital transformation and cloud technology provider listed on NSE and BSE, on Monday, said the Supreme Court of India upheld the recent Madras High Court ruling, in which the court unequivocally quashed the money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate against US-based Indian entrepreneur Suresh Venkatachari, the promoter of SecureKloud Technologies. The Supreme Court rejected the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002

Live Law

Prevention of Money Laundering Act – Section 3 – Registration of ECIR – Effect of delay – Information about all complaints, the nature of the complaints, and the amount of money allegedly collected towards illegal gratification had all come into the public domain – Once a piece of information relating to the acquisition of a huge amount of illegal gratification …

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1 year, 1 month ago

SC defers hearing on pleas seeking a review of 2022 PMLA order

Hindustan Times

The central government and the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday succeeded in buying more time from the Supreme Court to respond to a clutch of petitions demanding reconsideration of a July 2022 verdict that had affirmed a spate of contentious provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Justice Kaul, who heads the bench, said that he is letting go of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events

The Hindu

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Tuesday arrested NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and the news portal’s human resources head Amit Chakravarty in connection with its investigation into a case filed under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. July 7, 2021: Delhi HC grants interim protection to NewsClick founder till August 5 in foreign funding case The Delhi High Court …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Money Laundering : A Process Or A Punishment

Live Law

Money laundering is something as engaging “proceeds of crime” in any matter projecting as untainted money. The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding all the contentious provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act tumbles short of judicial standards of reviewing legislative action. The provisions of the PMLA must stand the test of due process under Article 21;Section 50 of the PMLA …

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1 year, 3 months ago

PMLA | 'Reason To Believe' Can't Be Mere Suspicion, Require Sufficient Evidence: Telangana High Court

Live Law

The Telangana High Court has held that to constitute the offence of money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate must prove a reasonable basis to believe that the offence has been committed and generation of direct or indirect crime proceeds as a result of criminal activity which can be related to the offence. “However, the fact remains that accused Nos.1 to 3 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Naresh Goyal, wife seek cancellation of LOC, return of passports

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal have approached the Bombay high court with an application seeking cancellation of the Look Out Circular issued against them for an alleged money laundering case as they have cooperated in the investigation of the matter. As per the application, after being deboarded from a flight in 2019, based on …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Dapoli Resort Case: Bombay High Court Asks ED To Not Take Coercive Steps Against Maharashtra's Former Cabinet Minister Anil Parab Till March 20

Live Law

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Enforcement Directorate not to take coercive steps against Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab till Monday in the Dapoli Resort "money laundering" Case. The High Court passed the order after it was informed that the Sessions Court had quashed the magistrate's order issuing process in a case with facts similar to what the ED …

High Court Fir Registered Complaint Resort Epa Desai

2 years ago

PMLA Probe Identical In 2018 And 2020 Cases, ED Trying To Re-Investigate Same Allegations: DK Shivakumar Tells Delhi High Court

Live Law

Stating that the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering investigation is identical in both 2018 and 2020 cases, Karnataka Congress Chief D.K. The submission has been made by the Congress leader in the written submissions filed in his plea challenging the investigation initiated by the probe agency against him in a money laundering case. Shivakumar has challenged the proceedings initiated by ED …

Investigation Court Money Congress Disproportionate Assets Delhi High Court Schedule

2 years, 1 month ago

'They Want To Arrest Me Before Elections': Congress Leader DK Shivakumar Approaches Delhi High Court Against Money Laundering Probe

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea moved by Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar challenging the investigation initiated by Enforcement Directorate against him in a money laundering case.A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal sought response of ED, while listing the matter for next hearing on December 15. The Delhi High Court …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | What has the Supreme Court said on PMLA’s validity?

The Hindu

The story so far: The Supreme Court has upheld several provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act that deal with a wide range of issues, from what constitutes the main offence to the powers of the Enforcement Directorate and the procedure for conducting searches and seizures and effecting arrests. The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000 also …

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$DC Edit | Larger bench should review legality of ED\'s wide powers$

2 years, 4 months ago

DC Edit | Larger bench should review legality of ED\'s wide powers

Deccan Chronicle

It was a landmark observation made by the Supreme Court of India when, while reflecting on the argument of the Central government that a canon of natural justice on presumption of innocence was not a constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right, it said that the principle of innocence of an accused could be interdicted by a law made by the Centre or …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Deep dive into top court’s verdict on PMLA ambit, ED powers

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court, by its judgment on Wednesday, approbated the wide powers of the Enforcement Directorate sanctioned under the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Ratifying the agency’s powers to summon individuals, make arrests, conduct raids, and attach properties, the top court justified its special powers to tackle the “heinous” offence of money laundering. In Ishwar Singh Bindra & Ors …

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$SC upholds ED\'s powers under stringent PMLA$

2 years, 4 months ago

SC upholds ED\'s powers under stringent PMLA

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of various stringent provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act empowering the Enforcement Directorate to arrest, provisionally attach properties suspected to be the proceeds of crime and is not bound to supply a copy of the ECIR at the time of detaining an accused in a money laundering case. …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Decoding the big SC verdict on Prevention of Money Laundering Act

India Today

In an important judgment on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and retained the powers of the Enforcement Directorate. The Parliament in its wisdom has regarded the property derived or obtained as a result of specified criminal activity, being an offence under the concerned legislation mentioned in the Schedule.” ON TWIN BAIL …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Money laundering: SC upholds ED’s power to arrest under PMLA

Live Mint

The Supreme Court has upheld the power bestowed upon the Enforcement Directorate to arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Supreme Court announced on July 15 that its decision regarding the arguments against the Prevention of Money Laundering Act's provisions is "nearly ready." Mufti contested Section 50's constitutionality as well as any ancillary sections of the 2002 Prevention …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court upholds stringent provisions of Money Laundering Act

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld stringent provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in relation to expansive definition of proceeds of crime, search and seizure, power of arrest, attachment of properties and tough bail conditions. Prevention of Money Laundering Act: The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on a batch of petitions concerning the interpretation of certain provisions of …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Money Laundering: Madras High Court Stays ED Proceedings Against TN Fisheries Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan

Live Law

The Madras High Court on Wednesday stayed, till the next date of hearing, the money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against Minister of Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry for the State of Tamil Nadu, Anitha Radhakrishnan. The bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay and Justice AD Jagdish Chandira observed: We further find that, on conjoint consideration of …

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Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers

Delhi HC to hear D K Shivakumar's plea against ED probe in Jan 2025

Delhi High Court defers DK Shivakumar's plea against ED disproportionate assets probe

Madras High Court Dismisses TN Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan's Plea Challenging PMLA Proceedings By ED

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining

ED files new case in Chhattisgarh liquor scam after Supreme Court ruling

SC upholds HC’s order of quashing of ECIR against Suresh Venkatachari - The Hindu

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002

SC defers hearing on pleas seeking a review of 2022 PMLA order

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events

Money Laundering : A Process Or A Punishment

PMLA | 'Reason To Believe' Can't Be Mere Suspicion, Require Sufficient Evidence: Telangana High Court

Naresh Goyal, wife seek cancellation of LOC, return of passports

Dapoli Resort Case: Bombay High Court Asks ED To Not Take Coercive Steps Against Maharashtra's Former Cabinet Minister Anil Parab Till March 20

PMLA Probe Identical In 2018 And 2020 Cases, ED Trying To Re-Investigate Same Allegations: DK Shivakumar Tells Delhi High Court

'They Want To Arrest Me Before Elections': Congress Leader DK Shivakumar Approaches Delhi High Court Against Money Laundering Probe

Explained | What has the Supreme Court said on PMLA’s validity?

DC Edit | Larger bench should review legality of ED\'s wide powers

Deep dive into top court’s verdict on PMLA ambit, ED powers

SC upholds ED\'s powers under stringent PMLA

Decoding the big SC verdict on Prevention of Money Laundering Act

Money laundering: SC upholds ED’s power to arrest under PMLA

Supreme Court upholds stringent provisions of Money Laundering Act

Money Laundering: Madras High Court Stays ED Proceedings Against TN Fisheries Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan