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Courts Today 20.03.24

Won't Summon Sr Adv Nalini Chidambaram To Kolkata In Sharada Chit Fund Case Till July 10 : ED Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today deferred till July 10 a plea filed by Senior Advocate Nalini Chidambaram (wife of ex-Finance Minister P Chidambaram) against ED summons requiring her to appear outside her ordinary place of residence. It may be recalled that she has been roped in by agencies in relation to the Saradha chit fund scam case.In passing the order, what weighed with the Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was a submission by Sr Adv Kapil Sibal (appearing for Nalini) that she had...

AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Prima Facie Guilty Of Money Laundering, ED Collected Sufficient Materials: Supreme Court

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) observed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, along with his aides Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, are prima facie guilty of the alleged offences of money laundering.“Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the opinion that the appellants have miserably failed to satisfy us that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are not guilty of the alleged offences. On...

Supreme Court Denies Bail To AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case, Asks Him To Surrender Forthwith

The Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) declined to grant bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case. It also cancelled the interim bail granted to him and asked Jain to surrender forthwith.Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May 2022 on charges of money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He, along with others, were accused of laundering money through three companies during 2010-12 and 2015-16. The AAP leader is...

Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail In ED's Complaints Alleging Non-Compliance Of Summons In Liquor Policy Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for not complying with the summons issued to him in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra of Rouse Avenue Courts granted bail to Kejriwal subjecting to him furnishing bail bond to the sum of Rs 15,000 and a surety of like amount.The court has now listed the matter for...

Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Refuses To Stay Summons Issued To CM Arvind Kejriwal By Magisterial Court

A Delhi Court on Friday refused to stay two orders of a magisterial court summoning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging non compliance of the summons issued to him by the agency in the alleged liquor policy scam.Special CBI Judge Rakesh Syal of Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the interim stay request of Kejriwal in his revision petitions against the summoning orders. “The request for stay has been declined. For exemption, you...

ED Summons Can't Be Quashed Merely Because Documents Required For Confrontation Or Probe Not Specified In It: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate (ED) cannot be quashed merely because relevant documents required for investigation or confrontation with an accused have not been specified in them.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said the summoning, in exercise of statutory powers, cannot be stalled merely on mere apprehension that the accused may be arrested and prosecuted on basis of summons issued after registration of ECIR in the proceedings initiated by ED.The...

Calcutta High Court Tells ED, CBI To Increase Conviction Rates In Corruption Cases, Follow Examples Of Japan & Singapore

The Calcutta High Court has asked agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to increase the rates of convictions in corruption cases to close to 100% and follow the lead of developed countries such as Japan and Singapore, whose conviction rate in corruption cases was around 80% to enable the country to become corruption free.A division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Ajay Kumar Gupta was hearing a bail plea by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused...

MLAs Not Above Law, Cooperating With Investigation Also Public Service: Delhi High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To AAP's Amanatullah Khan

The Delhi High Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment during his chairmanship.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma denied the relief to Khan taking note of his conduct of avoiding the repeated summons issued to him by ED and not joining the investigation. “Repeated disobedience of summons of the investigating agency is equivalent to...

Book Launch: "Treatise On PMLA (Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ) Law And Practice" By Akhilesh S. Dubey [17th March]

'Bharat' invites you for the Book Release of "Treatise On PMLA (Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ) Law And Practice" By Akhilesh S. Dubey.Date: 17th march,2024The event will be presided over by Chief Guest, Justice Ujjwal Bhuyan, Judge, Supreme Court of IndiaGuest of honour : Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, chief Justice of the High Court of BombayJustice Makarand Subhash Karnik, Judge, Bombay High Court, Justice Madhav J. Jamdar, Judge, Bombay High Court, Justice, Rajesh S. Patil,...

Confessional Statement Of Co-Accused Under Section 50 Of PMLA Not Substantive Piece Of Evidence, Can Be Used Only For Corroboration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the confessional statement of a co-accused under Section 50 of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002, is not a substantive piece of evidence and can be used only for corroboration in support of other evidence to lend assurance to the Court in arriving at a conclusion of guilt.Justice Vikas Mahajan reiterated that the statements of the witnesses recorded under Section 50 of the PMLA are to be meticulously appreciated only by the Trial Court during the...