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Are PMLA Search, Seizure and Freezing Measures Open to Criminal-Writ Review? Karnataka High Court’s Gameskraft Ruling The Karnataka High Court has held that a challenge to search, seizure and freezing measures taken under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money-…
Can an ECIR Be Challenged in a Writ Petition? Karnataka High Court’s Gameskraft Maintainability Ruling The Karnataka High Court has rejected the propo…
Who Can Be Summoned under Section 50 PMLA? Karnataka High Court Clarifies the Reach and Limits of ED’s Power The Karnataka High Court has held that th…
Does Protection in a Predicate FIR Extend to PMLA Proceedings? Delhi High Court’s Ram Singh Decision Interim protection from arrest in a predicate-off…
Written Grounds of Arrest under PMLA: The Law after Pankaj Bansal, Ram Kishor Arora and Mihir Rajesh Shah An arrest under the Prevention of Money-Laun…
PMLA Arrest, Search, Remand and Defence Rights: The Punjab and Haryana High Court's Procedural Safeguards The Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002…
The Supreme Court granted bail to a person prosecuted under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 after finding that only one of 225 cited witn…
The Supreme Court has clarified that an order confirming attachment, retention or freezing under Section 8(3) of the Prevention of Money-laundering Ac…
The replacement of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 created an immediate interpretive question for special statutes th…
The Supreme Court has drawn an important line between the person who reports an alleged crime and the person who actually suffers the alleged loss or …
The Delhi High Court has clarified when prior sanction is required to prosecute former public servants under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruptio…
Which Special Court Should Try Connected PC Act and PMLA Cases? Madras High Court Applies the Dual-Designation Solution When a corruption prosecution …
Can ED Combine Multiple Predicate FIRs Through ECIR Addenda? The Unresolved PMLA Questions Before the Karnataka High Court The dispute before the Karn…
When Quashing a Second FIR Does Not End PMLA Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh High Court Explains the Surviving Predicate-Offence Test A quashed FIR does n…
Mortgaged Properties and PMLA Attachment: Karnataka High Court Protects a Victim Bank’s Security The Karnataka High Court’s decision in Deputy Directo…
Fake GST Invoices, Section 19 Arrest and the Section 45 Bail Barrier: The Jharkhand High Court’s Mohit Deora Ruling The Jharkhand High Court’s decisio…
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has resolved an important procedural question under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002: when th…
The Telangana High Court’s common order in Om Prakash Sharma v. Directorate of Enforcement and Manoj Baser v. Directorate of Enforcement examines an i…