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Are judges not entitled to change mind before signing orders? asks Justice Subramaniam of Madras High Court

Subramaniam of the Madras High Court on Tuesday asked whether judges are not entitled to refrain from signing an order dictated in open court and decide to hear the case, by giving due opportunity to the litigants to make their submissions, before taking a final decision. However, Justice Subramaniam told the senior counsel that when the present petition for quashing …

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by Special Judge Niyay Bindu of Rouse Avenue Courts yesterday evening, the detailed order of which was uploaded today. The Enforcement Directorate moved the High Court against the bail order today, and now it has been revealed that the lower court called ED’s arrest of Kejriwal ‘mala fide’ and granted bail without …

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

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

The Delhi High Court has quashed an ECIR and proceedings arising therefrom, observing that the predicate offence had already been quashed and the order to that effect had attained finality. He drew attention of the Court to Directorate of Enforcement v. Gagan Deep Singh, a case where the issue as to whether PMLA proceedings would survive upon acquittal/discharge of accused …

PMLA | Freezing Order Under Section 17(1-A) Not Valid If ECIR Quashed & FIR Not Registered: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently laid down that where the Enforcement Case Information Report has been quashed and no subsequent FIR has been registered against the accused, further proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act shall be dropped and an order issued under Section 17 would not stand. The counsel argued that since Section 420 IPC is one of …

In a relief for former Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita, the Bombay High Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate not to take any coercive steps against them till January 31. The division bench comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan passed the order on a petition filed by the duo seeking quashing of the ECIR …

The Bombay High Court refused to direct the release of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case over his "involvement in terror funding" based on a 1999- 2005 land deal concerning Dawood Ibrahim's sister. " A division bench of Justices PB Varale and SM Modak passed the order on Malik's habeas corpus petition seeking interim reliefs of …

A Delhi Court on Saturday rejected the bail application filed by Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar in connection with the Yes Bank loan fraud case.Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal denied bail to Thapar after reserving the order last week. The Court had sent Thapar to judicial custody after an application was filed on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate.An ECIR was registered …

Yes Bank Loan Fraud Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar's Bail Plea

A Delhi Court on Saturday reserved order on the bail application filed by Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar in connection with the Yes Bank loan fraud case.Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal will now be pronouncing the order on October 30. The Court had sent Thapar to judicial custody after an application was filed on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate.An ECIR was …

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Enforcement Directorate not to take any coercive action against news portal Newsclick and its editor Prabir Purkayastha until July 5 in an alleged money-laundering case. Justice Jasmeet Singh gave the direction while issuing notices to the investigating agency on Newsclick and Mr. Purkayastha’s plea seeking a copy of the Enforcement Case Information Report …

Chhattisgarh HC Denies Interim Relief To Bureaucrat In Money Laundering Case [Read Order]