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The petitioner is a former Minister of the Government of West Bengal and former Vice-Chairman of South Dum Dum Municipality. The proceedings arose out of an alleged municipal recruitment scam in West Bengal.
Supreme Court granted bail in a Sahara Group money laundering case, taking note of the appellant’s 15-month incarceration and the nascent stage of the trial. The Court also directed the trial court to frame charges within 4 months
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Key Supreme Court rulings on Article 21, bail, money laundering, arbitral tribunal, etc.
The Court observed that a mere change of Counsel is no ground to entertain a challenge to the cognizance order when the trial is at the stage of hearing final submissions
Nine recent High Court rulings on economic offences, spanning ED and CBI jurisdiction, PMLA bail, disproportionate assets, and mandatory approvals under the PC Act, rounded up from SCC’s High Court Cases (HCC).
The respondent stated the petition is premature since ED already filed proper applications about search, seizure, and property attachment. Therefore, the Court stated that petitioner can raise all objections, including legality, before the adjudicating authority under PMLA.
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***