Articles for Money Bail

High Court grants pre-arrest bail to man booked under Maharashtra criminal act
3 weeks ago

High Court grants pre-arrest bail to man booked under Maharashtra criminal act

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to a Pune man who was slapped with a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Earlier, the Pune Sessions court had rejected Tingre's anticipatory application on the grounds that he, along with the gang leader of the organised crime syndicate, went to the hotel and demanded ransom, …

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High Court Rejects Plea to Grant Bail to Satyendar Jain's Aides in Money Laundering Case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

High Court Rejects Plea to Grant Bail to Satyendar Jain's Aides in Money Laundering Case

Hindustan Times  

Delhi high court grants bail to two aides of Satyendar Jain in the money laundering case. The court finds that the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which imposes restrictions on bail, is not to be used as a 'tool for incarceration' and that the trial would not conclude in a reasonable time.

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K Kavitha’s bail: What is PMLA’s bail concession for women?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

K Kavitha’s bail: What is PMLA’s bail concession for women?

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha in graft and money laundering cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate respectively in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. On July 1, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail plea of the BRS leader noting that she was “well-educated” …

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Editorial: L.A.’s next police chief must be able to recognize — and squash — crime trends quickly
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: L.A.’s next police chief must be able to recognize — and squash — crime trends quickly

LA Times  

Crime trends in Los Angeles tend to begin quickly and spin out of control before being eclipsed by the next criminal phenomenon. And crucially, it needs a leader with the vision, skill and persuasive power to redirect officers who too often are focused on fighting crime trends with decades-old approaches and by rolling back hard-won reforms — for example misdemeanor …

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'Very Well Reasoned Judgment' : Supreme Court Dismisses ED's Challenge To HC Order Granting Bail To Hemant Soren
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Very Well Reasoned Judgment' : Supreme Court Dismisses ED's Challenge To HC Order Granting Bail To Hemant Soren

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the Jharkhand High Court's judgment dated June 28 which granted bail to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.The bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan opined that the High Court's judgment - which entered a prima facie finding that. …

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Supreme Court Extends Former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik's Interim Bail By Two Weeks
5 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Extends Former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik's Interim Bail By Two Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today extended the interim bail granted to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik last August by two weeks. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a special leave petition filed by Malik against a July 2023 order of the Bombay High Court declining the Nationalist Congress Party legislator's request for interim bail …

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Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea
6 months ago

Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved order on the bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case connected to the alleged liquor policy scam.Vacation Judge Niyay Bindu of Rouse Avenue Courts reserved the order after ASG SV Raju appearing for the Enforcement Directorate concluded submissions on behalf of the probe agency.The court also reserved order on. …

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Editorial: California blew it on bail reform. Now Illinois is showing it works
7 months ago

Editorial: California blew it on bail reform. Now Illinois is showing it works

LA Times  

California lawmakers passed a bill eliminating money bail in 2018, but voters overturned the important reform in tumultuous 2020 after a fear-stoking referendum campaign led by the bail bond industry. Opinion Ending Cash Bail On Oct. 1 Los Angeles County transitions to a new way of administering pre-arraignment justice that doesn’t use cash bail for most crimes. The biggest losers …

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SC rejects bail plea of IAS Pooja Singhal who was arrested after ED seized Rs 36 crore cash
7 months, 3 weeks ago

SC rejects bail plea of IAS Pooja Singhal who was arrested after ED seized Rs 36 crore cash

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of suspended Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal seeking bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and other charges. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta declined the bail plea saying it’s an “extraordinary case”. On February 10, 2023, the top court granted …

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Jharkhand court rejects Hemant Soren’s bail plea to attend uncle’s funeral
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand court rejects Hemant Soren’s bail plea to attend uncle’s funeral

Hindustan Times  

A Jharkhand court on Saturday rejected a provisional bail application of jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren, who moved the court citing the death of his uncle earlier in the day. Soren filed a petition for 13-day provisional bail before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court to participate in the funeral and last rites of his uncle Raja Ram …

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S.45 PMLA Doesn't Bar Power Of Court To Grant Bail If There's Delay In Trial : Justice Sanjiv Khanna
9 months ago

S.45 PMLA Doesn't Bar Power Of Court To Grant Bail If There's Delay In Trial : Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Live Law  

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday orally observed that Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act does not bar a Court from granting bail to an accused if there is prolonged incarceration and delay in trial.According to Section 45 of the PMLA, bail can be granted to an accused in a money laundering case only if …

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Editorial: L.A. County cities should stop fighting the end of cash bail. It’s working
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: L.A. County cities should stop fighting the end of cash bail. It’s working

LA Times  

The Bail Boys Bail Bonds in Los Angeles in 2023. L.A. Superior Court and law enforcement data show that a program eliminating money bail and allowing defendants to go home between arrest and arraignment is working well. The end of money bail for most nonviolent and nonserious crimes hasn’t increased repeat arrests or court no-shows, according to Los Angeles Superior …

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Money laundering case: Supreme Court extends interim bail granted to AAP leader Satyendar Jain till Jan 8
1 year ago

Money laundering case: Supreme Court extends interim bail granted to AAP leader Satyendar Jain till Jan 8

India TV News  

In connection with a money laundering case, the Supreme Court on Thursday extended the interim bail granted to former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Kumar Jain till January 8. The top court was hearing a petition filed by Jain challenging the April 6 order of the Delhi High Court dismissing his bail application in the case being …

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Editorial: L.A. court’s refreshing candor on money bail: It doesn’t make us safer
1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: L.A. court’s refreshing candor on money bail: It doesn’t make us safer

LA Times  

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center is the headquarters of the criminal branch of the Los Angeles Superior court, led by Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner. The court’s pre-arraignment release protocol eliminates money bail for low-level crimes. It was refreshing to hear Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner’s spirited and factual defense last week of the …

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Madras high court reserves order on Senthil Balaji's bail application in money laundering case
1 year, 2 months ago

Madras high court reserves order on Senthil Balaji's bail application in money laundering case

India TV News  

The Madras high court on Monday reserved its order on the bail application moved by the arrested Tamil Nadu minister, V Senthil Balaji. In his bail petition, Senthil Balaji contended that he had spent over 100 days in custody and had fully cooperated with the ED during his custodial questioning. The defense also noted that Senthil Balaji could access superior …

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Editorial: How the court’s bail reform plan could go wrong. How to keep it going right
1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: How the court’s bail reform plan could go wrong. How to keep it going right

LA Times  

Gotham Bail Bonds and Bad Boys Bail Bonds in Los Angeles, near Men’s Central Jail. A new pretrial protocol eliminates money bail for most people in Los Angeles County between their arrest and their arraignment, beginning Oct. 1, 2023. Instead, people accused of less serious and nonviolent crimes will be cited or booked and released or briefly held while a …

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Editorial: Leaders aren’t leading on L.A. bail reform
1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: Leaders aren’t leading on L.A. bail reform

LA Times  

Pedestrians walk past Bail HotLine Bail Bonds near the Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles on Sept. 25. Eliminating money bail has been a front-burner issue in Los Angeles County ever since the 2012 district attorney campaign when reform advocates compelled candidates to discuss the topic at debates. What L.A. needs now, as the court’s new pre-arraignment release program begins …

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Editorial: Chief Moore and other bail reform critics are wrong. Cash bail should not be a form of punishment
1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: Chief Moore and other bail reform critics are wrong. Cash bail should not be a form of punishment

LA Times  

People who are accused of crimes in Los Angeles County but are unable to make required bail payments before arraignment are held in police station jails or transported to the Inmate Reception Center, which has long been under fire for inhumane conditions. Testifying in August in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of money bail, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore …

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Editorial: You think you know what bail is? You’re probably wrong
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: You think you know what bail is? You’re probably wrong

LA Times  

Suppose you are arrested for stealing a car. In that case, you can call a bail bond company, and the agent will pledge to pay the court the full amount if you don’t show up for your hearings. Most bail bond agents will tell you that the deposit of the full amount with the court is “bail.” The payment or …

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Editorial: 50 Cent and prosecutors are wrong about cash bail. L.A. courts get it right
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: 50 Cent and prosecutors are wrong about cash bail. L.A. courts get it right

LA Times  

L.A. County residents who are unable to pay bail after arrest but before seeing a judge are jailed. A new Los Angeles Superior Court bail schedule will change the frequently pointless practice. The Los Angeles Superior Court unveiled a new protocol that will eliminate money bail for a majority of people arrested in L.A. County, beginning in October. For higher …

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Bombay High Court Refuses Temporary Bail To Nawab Malik On Medical Grounds In Money Laundering Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Refuses Temporary Bail To Nawab Malik On Medical Grounds In Money Laundering Case

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused temporary bail to former Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in ED's money laundering case. Further, none of the medical reports said that the second kidney was functioning at 60% of its capacity, hence bail on medical grounds could not be invoked in Malik’s case, the ED argued. It is the …

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Days after coming out on bail, Saket Gokhale goes on a rant against the BJP
1 year, 7 months ago

Days after coming out on bail, Saket Gokhale goes on a rant against the BJP

Op India  

Days after coming out of jail on bail in the crowdfunding case, Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale turned to Twitter today to rant and rave that the state’s BJP government had engaged in a witch hunt against him. “Backing down from a righteous battle is not in our DNA,” he claimed, adding that he is “back and ready to fight …

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Bombay HC extends interim protection from arrest for Hasan Mushrif till April 27
1 year, 8 months ago

Bombay HC extends interim protection from arrest for Hasan Mushrif till April 27

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended the interim protection from arrest till April 27 granted to former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Hasan Mushrif in connection with a money laundering case. Mushrif, a Nationalist Congress Party leader, is facing charges of money laundering and had filed the application in the high court on Wednesday after a special court on …

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LIFE Mission Case| M Sivasankar Was Kingpin Who Orchestrated Money Laundering Since Beginning; ASGI Tells Kerala HC
1 year, 8 months ago

LIFE Mission Case| M Sivasankar Was Kingpin Who Orchestrated Money Laundering Since Beginning; ASGI Tells Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Additional Solicitor General R. Sankaranarayanan told the Kerala High Court on Tuesday that the former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, M Sivasankar, is the kingpin, who orchestrated the money laundering and bribery since the very beginning, and that he could impede the investigation if released on bail. The Single Judge Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen was …

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