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Why Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to Rajkumar Daitapati in money laundering case?
Rajasthan High Court via the impugned order dated 11-11-2021 dismissed the appellant’s application for anticipatory bail opining that the appellant was allegedly involved in serious economic offence.
Karnataka HC denies bail to Founder & Chairman of Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank accused of misappropriating approximately Rs. 1553 crores
The bail application of the Founder-Chairman has been denied for the fourth time. Earlier, his bail was denied twice by the Court and once by the Supreme Court.
Read why Kerala HC directed ED probe and payment to victims of Edamulackal Co-Operative Bank fraud case
The Court questioned the authorities as to why the initial FIR was lodged only against the former Secretary and the recovery proceedings were referred to the joint secretary who had no authority.
‘Arrest must be rational, fair & based on admissible evidence’; MP High Court grants bail in ₹141.8 Crore PMLA case due to procedural lapses
“When an accused is in custody under PMLA irrespective of the case for which he is under custody, any statement under section 50 of PMLA to the same investigating agency is inadmissible against the maker.”
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Delhi High Court sets aside detention order on woman’s personal gold jewellery, Exempts ‘personal effects’ from customs duty
Personal jewellery which is not found to have been acquired on an overseas trip and was always a used personal effect of the passenger would not be subject to the monetary prescriptions incorporated in Rules 3 and 4 of Baggage Rules, 2016.
Delhi High Court grants bail to anti-CAA protest accused in money laundering case under PMLA and UAPA
Special statutes have stringent conditions for grant of bail but they should not become means to detain the accused without there being any possibility of concluding the trial, expeditiously. Merely charging an accused person under the provisions of these special statutes should not become a punishment in itself which violates Article 21.
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Delhi High Court dismisses Amtek Group promoter’s petition to quash his arrest and remand orders in money laundering case
It is not the petitioner’s case that he was not supplied with the grounds of arrest at the time of the arrest and prior to the remand being sought. The remand application was detailed, and contained, effectively the same set of facts as were stated in the grounds of arrest.
Custodial statements under Section 50 PMLA are inadmissible; MP High Court grants bail
“The arrest should be rational, fair and as per law and shall not be merely based upon guilt of accused established from inadmissible evidence.”
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Not mandatory for PMLA special court to record reasons for cognizance of ED’s Complaint unlike a private complaint under CrPC or BNSS: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court affirmed that Explanation-II of Section 44(1)(b) of the PMLA applies retrospectively
Is mere possession of proceeds of crime enough to invoke PMLA? Madras HC answers
“PMLA, being a special and standalone statute, the trial proceedings under this Act do not have any bearing on the trial proceedings or the outcome of the trial proceedings of the scheduled offence.”
Beyond Borders: Transnational Effect of PMLA on Offences Committed Abroad
by Juvraj Singh Bindra* and Bhawna Lakhina**
[Delhi Excise Liquor Policy] Supreme Court grants bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in CBI case
The Delhi excise liquor policy scam involved two parallel investigations by the CBI and the ED regarding irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) for the year 2021-2022.
Supreme Court grants bail to Bhushan Steel former MD Neeraj Singal in money laundering case
Neeraj Singal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 09-06-2023 in a bank fraud and money laundering case
[Delhi Excise Liquor Policy Case] Supreme Court grants bail to AAP’s Vijay Nair
A conspiracy was hatched by Vijay Nair along with others to get the undue benefits by circumventing the provisions of the of the excise policy of GNCTD of Delhi for the year 2021-22.
Incriminatory Statement given by PMLA accused in custody is inadmissible in another money laundering case: Supreme Court
“Article 21 being a higher constitutional right, statutory provisions should align themselves to the said higher constitutional edict”
Supreme Court grants bail to K. Kavitha in Delhi Excise Liquor Policy Scam
The CBI and the ED have claimed that K. Kavitha was involved in the exchange of bribes and money laundering in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy