Supreme Court Grants Bail To Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal In CBI Case

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered in the Delhi liquor policy case.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan pronounced verdict on two petitions filed by the Aam Aadmi party chief challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the CBI case. It had heard the matter and reserved orders on September 5.Both the judges delivered separate judgments.Arrest is legal : Justice...

Supreme Court Orders Release Of Ex-Bhushan Steel MD Neeraj Singal In PMLA Case, Says ED Violated Law On Arrest

The Supreme Court today ordered the release of former Managing Director of Bhushan Steel Limited-Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case. The order was passed citing Singal's long incarceration of about 16 months and the unlikelihood of completion of trial in a short span.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Singal's challenge to his arrest and dismissal of bail by the Delhi High Court. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 9 last year, for alleged...

'Don't Say Grant Of Bail Will Demoralise HC' : Supreme Court To CBI While Reserving Judgment On Arvind Kejriwal's Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 5) reserved judgment on the petitions filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the case registered by the CBI over the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the matter the whole day.Kejriwal's petition before the Supreme Court challenged the Delhi High Court order of August 5, whereby his plea against CBI arrest was dismissed by a Single Judge bench...

PMLA | Is Accused Entitled To Documents Which Prosecution Isn't Relying Upon In Trial? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 4) reserved judgment on the issue of entitlement of accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to get seized documents that the prosecution does not rely on before the commencement of trial.This issue emerged in an appeal against a Delhi High Court judgment, which held that the prosecution is not obligated to provide such documents at the pre-trial stage.During the hearing today, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin...

Supreme Court Lists Review Petitions Against Judgment Upholding PMLA Provisions On Sept 18

Pursuant to a mentioning, the Supreme Court today tentatively listed the review petitions pending against the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgement, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), on September 18.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal.It may be recalled that a three-judge bench of Justices Kant, CT Ravikumar and Bhuyan is hearing the review petitions. Today, Justice...

Supreme Court Disposes Of ED's Plea, Tamil Nadu Govt Says District Collectors Will Share Documents Relating To Sand Mining Cases

The Supreme Court today disposed of the Enforcement Directorate's plea assailing stay of summonses issued to District Collectors of Tamil Nadu in connection with alleged illegal sand mining-money laundering cases.The bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma closed the proceedings, noting that most of the documents sought by ED from the District Collectors had been supplied and the ones remaining were agreed to be supplied within a week.Dictating the order, Justice Trivedi...

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...

SC Seeks Centre's Reply On Jairam Ramesh's Plea Against Amendments To PMLA By Money Bills

The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments made to the money laundering law, PMLA, through money bills since 2015 on the ground that they violated the Constitution.A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre on the appeal filed by Ramesh who has challenged the Delhi High Court's February 28 order dismissing his similar plea.Senior advocate P Chidambaram, appearing for Ramesh, told...