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Improper for Court to grant interim relief in routine situations when a party has been directed to seek relief from High Court: Supreme Court

“When a party is relegated to the High Court to pursue its remedies, it would not be proper, in the normal course, to bind the said High Court with directions in relation to the proceedings to be impugned before such Court.”

Experts Corner Siddharth R Gupta

Landmark Judgments on PMLA by the Supreme Court and High Courts in 2023 Part II

by Siddharth R. Gupta†

Experts Corner Siddharth R Gupta

Landmark Judgments on the PMLA by the Supreme Court and High Courts in 2023 Part I

by Siddharth R. Gupta*

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Proceedings under PMLA are always subservient to primary proceedings’; Punjab and Haryana HC close ED proceedings arising out of ECIR in light of acquittal in primary offence

The Court opined that since Enforcement Case Investigation Report (‘ECIR’) is not a condition precedent for starting an investigation or inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate and is only an internal record of the department, its quashing would serve no purpose whatsoever.

Case Briefs High Courts

[S. 50 PMLA] ED should at least reveal substance of allegations to summoned person, if not copy of ECIR: Allahabad HC

“Mere registration of ECIR does not make a person an accused”

Experts Corner Siddharth R Gupta

75 Landmark Judgments on Constitutional Law by the Supreme Court in 2023 Part III

by Siddharth R. Gupta* and Prakruthi N.**
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 20

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC directs Principal Sessions Court to hear V Senthil Balaji’s bail plea in money laundering case; Set aside transfer of case to MP/MLA Court

“Since the territorial jurisdiction of the present case is in Chennai only, therefore Chennai being one of the jurisdictional area under the notification issued by the Central Government, which comes under the jurisdiction of the PDSJ, Chennai, naturally the said case has to be tried in the said Court”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants anticipatory bail to nephew and brother of Director of M3M India in PMLA Case

It is based upon the discretion of the applicant which Court they want to approach since both the Court, namely, High Court and Court of Sessions, have concurrent jurisdiction and the same cannot be restricted by construing the provision of Section 438 of CrPC narrowly.

Case Briefs High Courts

Explained | Why Rajasthan High Court denied relief to Robert Vadra in Money Laundering Case

“The Courts must certainly step in and thwart any and all kinds of injustice, malafide and/or arbitrary exercise of executive power on the liberty of the citizens of this country; however, in absence of the same, any judicial interference in the domain of the executive, would be unwarranted.”

Case Briefs District Court

Sessions Court rejects Siddique Kappan’s Bail plea in Money Laundering Case

Sessions Court (Lucknow): In a bail application filed by Siddique Kappan for offences under Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act,