The Directorate of Enforcement on Friday stated that it has provisionally attached properties worth approximately ₹205.49 crore in the ongoing investigation of liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The action follows the registration of a fresh ECIR in connection with the liquor scam which, according to ED’s claim, cost the State exchequer ₹2,161 crores during the tenure of the previous Congress government. …
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 …
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 …
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 …