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Sukesh Chandrashekhar Extortion Case: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To 69-Yr-Old Accused In MCOCA, PMLA Cases
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to one Avtar Singh Kocchar, a senior citizen aged about 69 years, accused in the cases registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in connection with the Rs. 200 crore extortion case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma granted relief to Kocchar noting that he is a senior citizen suffering from various health ailments. The FIR registered...
BREAKING | Madras High Court Stays ED Summons To District Collectors In Sand Mining Money Laundering Case
The Madras High Court has stayed the operation of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to the district collectors in sand mining money laundering case. The court has however allowed the investigation to go on.The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan passed the interim orders in a batch of pleas challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to District Collectors in Tamil Nadu in an alleged sand mining money laundering case. The court granted...
'Sickness Not Serious' : Supreme Court Refuses To Grant Bail To TN Minister Senthil Balaji On Medical Grounds; Allows To Seek Regular Bail
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 28) refused to grant Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader Senthil Balaji bail on medical grounds. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June this year in connection with a cash-for-job money laundering case. During the hearing today, Balaji, represented by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi withdrew his bail application after the court categorically indicated its unwillingness to allow it.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma was...
ED Can't Summon District Collectors, Argues Tamil Nadu Govt; Madras High Court To Pass Order Tomorrow
Challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to District Collectors in Tamil Nadu in an alleged sand mining money laundering case, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave argued that the ED could not issue summons to the officers under the Act and if any assistance of the officers was required, the ED could have requested the officers instead.“The Parliament has not given them unbridled power. The power of summons is only with respect to scheduled offences under the Act…Officers cannot be...
‘Scheduled Offence’ Cannot Exist After Quashing Of FIR: Delhi High Court Quashes PMLA Proceedings
The Delhi High Court has quashed PMLA proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against an accused, on the basis of two FIRs registered against him- that were later quashed and compounded after settlement between the parties.Justice Amit Sharma said that a scheduled offence, after an FIR has been quashed, cannot exist and therefore, if there is no scheduled offence, there can be no offence of money laundering with respect to the same. “Thus, in the considered opinion of this...
Tamil Nadu Govt Moves High Court Against ED Summons To District Collectors In Sand Mining Money Laundering Case
The State of Tamil Nadu has moved the Madras High Court challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to District Collectors in Tamil Nadu in connection with the sand mining money laundering case. Though Advocate Genral R Shunmughasumdaram mentioned the matter before the bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan, the bench said it’ll take up the matter on Monday. The State has sought for a stay on the summons and stay of proceedings under the ECIR. The State...
Supreme Court Adjourns Bail Hearing Of AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case Until December 4; Interim Bail To Continue
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 24) adjourned the hearing of Satyendar Jain's bail plea until Monday, December 4. However, it agreed to extend the interim bail granted earlier this year to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader until the next date of hearing. A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi is currently hearing the former Delhi government cabinet minister's special leave petition challenging a decision of the Delhi High Court to deny him bail in April. Jain was...
Supreme Court Dissolves Bench On PMLA Judgment Reconsideration After Centre Seeks Time; 'Doing With Heavy Heart', Says Justice Kaul
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 23) dissolved the bench constituted to consider a batch of applications seeking reconsideration of its Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling, which upheld the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).After the union government sought for more time, the special bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, and Bela M Trivedi decided to defer the hearing, in view of the retirement of Justice Kaul next month. The bench requested the...
'Affects Right To Liberty' : Kapil Sibal Urges Supreme Court To Reconsider PMLA Judgment Upholding ED's Powers
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Wednesday (November 22) urged the Supreme Court to refer to a larger bench to reconsider its Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling, which is known for bolstering the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). Raising concerns about the wide-ranging powers of the central agency, the senior counsel said – “The issues involved are very serious and affect the right to liberty. The judgment in ADM Jabalpur was set aside after 40 years. AK Gopalan was set aside in...
Excise Policy: Delhi High Court Allows PMLA Accused To Interact With Daughter Suffering From Paranoid Schizophrenia Through VC, Denies Interim Bail
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed businessman Amit Arora, accused in the PMLA case related to the excise policy scam, to interact with her 16 years old daughter suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia through video-conferencing for half an hour twice a week and wished her “complete psychological recovery” as well as a “life time of positive mental health.”While Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the interim bail plea moved by Arora on the ground of his daughter’s mental health condition,...