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Properties Attached Under PMLA To Be Released After Acquittal Or Discharge In Scheduled Offence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that once a person is discharged or acquitted from the scheduled offence, the properties attached under the PMLA cannot legally be treated as proceeds of crime or be viewed as property derived or obtained from criminal activity.“A perusal of Section 8(6) of the PMLA makes amply clear that if an accused under the PMLA is discharged / acquitted, the learned Special Judge under Section 8(6) has no option but to pass an order releasing the properties attached under...
BREAKING | Delhi Court Denies Bail To Manish Sisodia In CBI, ED Cases Over Alleged Liquor Policy Scam
A Delhi Court on Tuesday dismissed the second regular bail pleas filed by Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in the money laundering and corruption cases connected to the liquor policy case.Sisodia is presently in judicial custody in both cases.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts denied bail to Sisodia, after reserving the verdict in his bail pleas on April 20.Advocate Vivek Jain appeared for Sisodia; Zoheb Hossain, special counsel...
"No Wall, No Plaster": Punjab & Haryana HC Says No Prosecution Under PMLA When Accused Acquitted In Predicate Offence/ Closure Report Filed
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that when a closure report is filed in the predicate offence, the complaint filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) based on that predicate offence would also be closed.Justice Anoop Chitkara elucidated that, "The proceedings under PMLA are always subservient and secondary to the primary proceedings under some principal criminal offense, which is termed the predicate offense. If the violations of...
Supreme Court Rejects Ex-IAS Officer Pooja Singhal's Plea For Bail In Money Laundering Case Over Alleged Embezzlement Of MNREGA Funds
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 29) refused to grant bail to ex-IAS officer Pooja Singhal in a money laundering case pending against her over alleged embezzlement of MNREGA funds in Khunti district.The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing Singhal's appeal against a Jharkhand High Court order by which she was denied bail. After hearing the parties, Justice Khanna dictated: "We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and hence special leave petition is...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking 'Authoritative Interpretation' Of Section 66 Of PMLA
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking “authoritative interpretation” of Section 66 of PMLA, alleging that ED is pressurizing the police and CBI to file FIRs under predicate offence on the basis of the information shared by it with the agencies.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora granted liberty to the petitioners, Ashok Kumar Singh and another individual, to raise the issue of interpretation before appropriate...
Arrest A Classic Case Of Ruling Party Misusing ED To Crush Political Opponent, No Money Traced To AAP : Arvind Kejriwal To Supreme Court
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has told the Supreme Court that his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy case is illegal and constitutes an “unprecedented assault” on the tenets of democracy based on “free and fair elections and federalism.”Kejriwal, who is presently in judicial custody, has told the Apex Court that the money laundering case is a “classic case” of how the ruling party led central government has misused ED and its wide powers under PMLA to...
Madras High Court Dismisses Plea To Initiate PMLA Proceedings Against BJP And Congress Candidates In Tirunelveli
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by an independent candidate seeking action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the BJP and Congress candidates in Tirunelveli, following seizure of money. A bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan dismissed the plea after noting that the offences alleged did not constitute scheduled offences warranting prosecution under the Act. A detailed order is expected soon. The petition was filed by one CM Raghavan, ...
Excise Policy: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha Till May 07 In ED Case
A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended till May 07 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BRS leader K Kavitha in the money laundering case connected to the liquor policy scam. Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts directed the Tihar jail authorities to produce both Kejriwal and Kavitha through virtual conferencing (VC) on May 07 at 2 PM.Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the night of March 21.On April 10, the Delhi High Court dismissed...
Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In CBI, ED Cases
A Delhi Court on Saturday reserved an order on the second regular bail plea filed by Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in the money laundering and corruption cases connected to the liquor policy case.Sisodia is presently in judicial custody in both cases.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts reserved the verdict after hearing Advocate Vivek Jain for Sisodia; Zoheb Hossain, special counsel for Enforcement Directorate (ED) and prosecutor...
Had Mangoes Only Thrice, Says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal; Was It As Per Approved Diet Chart? Asks Court
A Delhi Court on Friday (April 19) said that it will examine if Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal followed the Court-approved diet chart while accepting home-cooked food in judicial custody. The Court made the oral observation while reserving order on an application filed by Kejriwal for administering insulin to him in jail and allowing consultation with his doctors through VC. Kejriwal sought permission to consult his doctor through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes with respect...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Release Of CM Arvind Kejriwal On Interim Bail In All Pending Cases, Cites Safety Risk In Jail
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking release of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on “extra ordinary interim bail” in all the criminal cases registered by against him, including the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which are pending for inquiry or trial, till completion of his tenure. Citing examples of killings of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya and Atiq Ahmed in custody, the PIL has said that Kejriwal's safety and security in the Tihar jail is in danger. The PIL has been filed by a...