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Bank Deposits From MLA Salary & Agricultural Income : Senthil Balaji To Supreme Court In ED Case Bail Plea
It was argued on behalf of former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji before the Supreme Court on Monday (July 22) that the deposit of Rs. 1.34 crores in his bank account from 2013 to 2021 is not for the alleged cash for jobs scam but from his agricultural income as well as his salary as an MLA.The MLA and former Minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in June last year in a cash-for-jobs money laundering case. He has challenged a Madras High Court order denying him...
PMLA | Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas Seeking Reconsideration Of Vijay Madanlal Judgment To August 5
The Supreme Court today (on July 22) said that it will hear the pleas calling for reconsideration of the judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India, which upheld the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), on August 5. As per the earlier order, the bench was supposed to start hearing the matter tomorrow. However, today, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, during a courtroom hearing before a bench led by Justice Sanjiv...
Moin Qureshi Case: Delhi High Court Upholds PMLA Proceedings Initiated Against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the money laundering proceedings initiated against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana in relation to the PMLA case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi and other persons.A division bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the appeal moved by Sana challenging the summons issued to him on July 19 and 25, 2019. Sana claimed that the summons issued to him on July 18, 2019, from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under...
'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining
The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining.The Court noted that there was no scheduled offence in the present case and hence the PMLA investigation was not sustainable. Till there was a scheduled offence registered and detection of the proceeds of crime, the ED cannot carry out its investigation."...we cannot allow...
ED Claims TN District Collectors Have Withheld Documents; State Disputes ED Assertion
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a report before the Supreme Court mentioning the documents which four District Collectors in Tamil Nadu have not been provided to the ED in the alleged illegal sand mining money laundering case. However, the State of Tamil Nadu disputed the ED's claim.A bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal was dealing with ED's plea against Madras HC's order staying ED summons to District Collectors of Vellore, Trichy, Thanjavur and Ariyalur...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI/ED On Manish Sisodia's Bail Applications In Liquor Policy Case
The Supreme Court today issued notice on former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's bail applications in the money laundering and corruption cases registered over the alleged liquor policy scam.A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Sanjay Karol and KV Viswanathan passed the order, upon hearing Advocate Vivek Jain (appearing for Sisodia), who argued that Sisodia has remained in custody for 16 months and the trial is at the same stage as it was in October, 2023, when he was given...
Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar's Plea To Quash CBI's Disproportionate Assets Case
The Supreme Court today (July 15) dismissed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's petition challenging a High Court order, whereby his plea to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation's disproportionate assets (DA) case against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) was rejected.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Shivakumar, submitted that the investigation has commenced without...
Should Trial In Predicate Offence Be Concluded Before Trial In Money Laundering Case? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court (on July 12), while hearing a Special Leave Petition that raised the question of law whether the trial in predicate offence should conclude first before the commencement of trial in a money laundering case, said that the matter needs to be heard. The Bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing the plea of Santiago Martin, a giant in India's lottery industry, against the Special Court's order refusing to defer his trial in a money laundering case...
Supreme Court Clarifies Arvind Kejriwal Order While Disposing Of ED's Plea Against Interim Bail To Ex-Punjab Minister
The Supreme Court on July 8 dismissed as infructuous the Enforcement Directorate's plea for cancellation of interim bail granted to former Punjab minister and Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in a money laundering case relating to an alleged forest scam.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Karol and Sanjay Kumar passed the order, noting that the relief granted to Dharamsot (for the purpose of campaigning) expired on June 6.To recap, taking cue from the Supreme Court's order in Delhi...
ED Moves Supreme Court Against Bail Granted To Hemant Soren In Money Laundering Case
In a recent development, Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Jharkhand High Court order vide which bail was granted to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.It may be recalled that Soren, who was arrested on January 31 this year, is being investigated for money laundering charges in connection with an illegal mining case, as well as an alleged land scam in Ranchi, the state's capital. The ED is...
Supreme Court Reopens Tomorrow : Key Hearings & Verdicts Anticipated
As the Supreme Court is set to reopen on July 8 after its summer vacation period, here is a brief recollection of the major verdicts and hearings anticipated for the coming half of the year. Key Pronouncements Which Are Awaited : 1. Constitutional Validity Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 allows foreign migrants of Indian origin, who came to Assam after the 1st January 1966 but before the 25th March 1971, to seek Indian citizenship. The...
Properties Not Connected With 'Proceeds Of Crime' Cannot Be Subject To Attachment Under PMLA: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that properties subject to attachment under the PMLA must be properties acquired through proceeds of crime. It stated that provisions of PMLA cannot be unfairly and unreasonably used to attach properties that are unrelated to any criminal activity.In the present case, the petitioner approached the High Court under Article 226 challenging the freezing of bank accounts and an order of provisional attachment made against an immovable property during the investigations...