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Liquor Policy: AAP MP Sanjay Singh Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Bail In Money Laundering Case
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the money laundering case related to the liquor policy scam.The bail plea will be heard on Monday by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. Singh was denied bail by city's Rouse Avenue Courts on December 22 last year. Special CBI Judge MK Nagpal had dismissed Singh's bail plea. Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 04, 2023, after searches were conducted at his residence in the national capital. He is...
Karnataka High Court Refers To Larger Bench Plea Against Withdrawal Of Consent For CBI Probe Into DK Shivakumar Disproportionate Assets Case
The Karnataka High Court today referred to a larger bench the petitions challenging State government's decision to withdraw consent for CBI probe into corruption allegations against Congress leader and Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.Justice Krishna S. Dixit said the case is a first of its kind in the State and the enormity of legal issues involved require consideration by a larger bench. The single judge bench pointed that the Court will have to analyse the provisions of...
Delhi Riots: Court Rejects Tahir Hussain's Plea Seeking Stay On PMLA Proceedings Till Framing Of Charges In UAPA Case
A Delhi Court on Friday rejected a plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain seeking stay on the proceedings in a money laundering case registered against him in relation to the 2020 riots, till the framing of charges in the UAPA case alleging larger conspiracy in the violence. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat dismissed Hussain's plea and said that there is no judgment of the Supreme Court or Delhi High Court to support his contention that the PMLA case needs to be stayed...
Supreme Court First Says Satyendar Jain Should Surrender, Later Agrees To Extend Interim Bail Till January 8
The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 14), while hearing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain's bail plea, extended until January 8 an order granting interim bail on medical grounds in May this year. A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the special leave petition filed by Jain, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in May 2022. Initially, the bench indicated that Jain would be sent back to jail. While agreeing to...
Supreme Court Adjourns Satyendar Jain's Bail Hearing Until December 11; Interim Order To Continue
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 4) adjourned the hearing of Satyendar Jain's bail plea until Monday, December 11. 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 arrested...
ED Summons To District Collectors A 'Fishing Expedition' Without Showing Existence Of Proceeds Of Crime: Madras High Court
While staying the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to District Collectors in an alleged sand mining money laundering case, the Madras High Court observed that the ED had attempted to conduct a “fishing enquiry” relating to sand mining without the existence of proceeds of crime. The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan had passed the interim orders yesterday in a batch of pleas challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to District...
ED Summons To District Collectors A 'Fishing Expedition' Without Showing Existence Of Proceeds Of Crime: Madras High Court
While staying the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to District Collectors in an alleged sand mining money laundering case, the Madras High Court observed that the ED had attempted to conduct a “fishing enquiry” relating to sand mining without the existence of proceeds of crime. The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan had passed the interim orders yesterday in a batch of pleas challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to District...
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...