scheduled offence Archives

Provisional Attachment Order rests merely on an assumption of ED; Delhi High Court quashes Order passed by ED being arbitrary and illegal

The writ petitions raise an important question relating to the powers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provisionally attach properties under Section 5 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) even though no proceedings relating to the predicate offense may have been initiated by the competent agency functioning under an independent statute and in terms of which the scheduled offense stands created.

Case Briefs District Court

Bombay Court grants bail to Sanjay Raut and Pravin Raut; Twin bail conditions u/S 45 PMLA satisfied

City Sessions Court, Mumbai: In a bail application filed by Pravin Raut (A3) and Sanjay Raut (A5) against arrest made

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court: Mere allocation of coal does not amount to ‘proceeds of crime’ u/S 2(1) (u) of PMLA, 2002; Proof of monetary gains wrongfully obtained from such allocation is mandatory

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma J. categorically held that an allocation of coal cannot possibly be viewed as amounting to ‘proceeds of