Supreme Court judgement on pleas difficult PMLA provisions probably on July 27
By ANI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India is ready to ship its judgement on a batch of pleas difficult the varied provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday.
The order can be delivered by a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar.
On July 15, the Supreme Court mentioned that its judgement on the pleas difficult the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was nearly prepared.
The prime court docket had earlier reserved its order on a batch of petitions difficult sure provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Prominent names like Karti Chidambaram and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have been among the many petitioners within the case.
Their petitions raised a number of points together with the absence of a process to start investigation and summoning, whereas the accused was not made conscious of the contents of the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR).
Mufti had challenged constitutional vires of part 50, and any incidental provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Section 50 of the PMLA empowers the ‘authority’ i.e. officers of the Enforcement Directorate, to summon any particular person to offer proof or produce data. All individuals summoned are sure to reply questions put to them, and to provide the paperwork as required by the ED officers, failing which they are often penalised beneath the PMLA.
However, the Centre had justified the constitutional validity of the provisions of PMLA.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India is ready to ship its judgement on a batch of pleas difficult the varied provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday.
The order can be delivered by a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar.
On July 15, the Supreme Court mentioned that its judgement on the pleas difficult the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was nearly prepared.
The prime court docket had earlier reserved its order on a batch of petitions difficult sure provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Prominent names like Karti Chidambaram and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have been among the many petitioners within the case.
Their petitions raised a number of points together with the absence of a process to start investigation and summoning, whereas the accused was not made conscious of the contents of the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR).
Mufti had challenged constitutional vires of part 50, and any incidental provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Section 50 of the PMLA empowers the ‘authority’ i.e. officers of the Enforcement Directorate, to summon any particular person to offer proof or produce data. All individuals summoned are sure to reply questions put to them, and to provide the paperwork as required by the ED officers, failing which they are often penalised beneath the PMLA.
However, the Centre had justified the constitutional validity of the provisions of PMLA.
