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The accused had challenged the maintainability of five different charge-sheets which were the offshoots of a single Charge-sheet and were registered as five different cases before the Sessions Court.
“Multiple fora, including the Delhi Police, Gurugram Police, and the Delhi High Court, have found him lacking locus and credibility. His petitions have been dismissed with costs, and the Bar Council of India has directed removal of his name from the Roll of Advocates.”
Anti-Corruption Bureau probed irregularities in granting of Rs 100 crore contract to the petitioners for three projects including the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. Based on such findings, Enforcement Directorate registered separate money-laundering case against the petitioners.
Filing an application under Section 17(4) before the Adjudicating Authority does not ipso facto permit the ED to retain the seized property unless it also complies with the requirements of Section 20. Failure to do so would amount to a violation of the express procedure established by law.
2025 SCC Vol. 7 Part 3: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on Administrative Law, Constitution, Cooperative Societies, Negotiable Instruments Act, Food Adulteration, PMLA, and Transfer of Property.
The magnitude of the alleged fraud is staggering and has caused colossal losses to public sector banks. Such offences, if proved, undermine the very foundation of the nation’s financial system.
The ED stated that the factors such as limited product range, inflated pricing, false claims of FDA approval, and technical inconsistencies, indicated that the website served as a front for laundering funds.
When any investigating agency, on the intimation from the ED, commences investigation then the ED can investigate into those aspects provided there are “proceeds of crime” of the predicate offence. However, if no such case is found, then the ED cannot suo-motu proceed with the investigation.
“The investigation conducted so far revealed that mule accounts were opened within Kerala with the assistance of persons including the accused.”
by Divyangna Malik*, Rahul Suresh** and Sankalp Tewari***
2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 5: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on Administrative Law, Arbitration, Constitution, Income Tax, Criminal Law, Prevention of Money Laundering, and Service Law.
by Avik Biswas*, Rithika Reddy** and Prerna Acharya***
The right to travel has been held by the Supreme Court as an integral part of the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution, and any restriction of the same without sufficient cause, would amount to a violation of his fundamental rights.
The Union contended that Sunil had not paid anything to the various banks that had given credit facilities amounting to approximately Rs. 2947 Crores to the Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd.
by C. George Thomas* and Ansh Mittal**
The case began with a search and seizure by the Enforcement Directorate under Section 37 of FEMA at the petitioners’ premises and during the operation, the petitioners allegedly confessed to illegal hawala transactions worth ₹3,500 crore routed abroad using fabricated documents to remit money to their companies in Hong Kong and Canada.
Justice Bela M. Trivedi, who was appointed as a Supreme Court Judge in 2021, became the first woman Judge from Gujarat High Court to be elevated to the Supreme Court and is a Limca Book of Records holder.
The Court also refused to issue a blanket direction restraining the registration of FIRs against him or mandating a preliminary inquiry in all future cases involving him, opining that such a direction would not only be contrary to the statutory framework of the CrPC but would also amount to judicial overreach.
