Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea In PMLA Case | Either Have Trial Of All Predicate Offences Or Exclude Any : Supreme Court To ED While Reserving Judgment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) observed that the ED must either rely on a complete trial of all three predicate offences against Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case against him or decide to let go of some cases as predicate offence. The Court observed that splitting the trial would not serve any purpose.“Either there is complete trial of all offences which are treated as predicate offences or you say that a particular case will not be treated as predicate offence. Otherwise,...

No Assertion In ED Complaint That Scheduled Offences Generated Proceeds Of Crime : Supreme Court Grants Bail In PMLA Case

The Supreme Court recently granted bail in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after noting that the prosecution complaint did not have any assertion that the scheduled offence generated proceeds of crime directly or indirectly..“Prima facie, there must be factual assertions in the complaints to show that the offences which are named as scheduled offences on the basis of which complaints are filed, directly or indirectly, generated proceeds of crime”, the Court held.The...

Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea : Supreme Court Seeks Clarification From ED On Predicate Offences

The Supreme Court today (August 14) sought clarification from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on whether it intends to rely on all three predicate offences in the money laundering case against Senthil Balaji or exclude one of the cases that involves more than a thousand accused.The predicate offences are registered against Balaji under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant sections of the IPC as well as sections 7 (public servant taking bribe), 12 (abetment) and 13 (misconduct of public...

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Bail Plea Of Senthil Balaji In Money Laundering Case, Flags Delay In Trial

The Supreme Court on Monday (August 12) reserved its judgment on the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case arising out of the cash for jobs allegations.The MLA and former Minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in June last year in the cash-for-jobs money laundering case. He has challenged a Madras High Court order denying him bail. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih reserved its judgment after...