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[Money Laundering] Section 197(1) CrPC applicable to complaint under Section 44(1)(b) of PMLA: SC

The Court pointed out that there is no embargo on considering the plea of absence of sanction, after cognizance is taken by the Special Court of the offences punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA.

sealed cover procedure government employees

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Pending investigation & grant of prosecution sanction against Govt. employee not sufficient to adopt sealed cover procedure: SC

The sealed cover procedure is to be resorted to only after issuance of the charge-memo/charge-sheet is issued.

Case Briefs High Courts

MUDA Scam | Karnataka HC finds no anomaly in the Gubernatorial Order according sanction against CM Siddaramaiah

Upholding the order, the Court stated that the Governor in the normal circumstance has to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers as obtaining under Article 163 of the Constitution, but can take independent decision in exceptional circumstances and opined that the instant case was one such exception.