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Bail for the minister
The outcome in a petition seeking cancellation of DMK minister Senthil Balaji’s bail could shape the NDA’s PMLA strategy in its third term
9th Dec 2024
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Baarish, Benches and Bail
The Court’s Monsoon Session saw reduced Constitution Bench activity, bail orders for opposition leaders and suo moto cases
13th Oct 2024
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Arvind Kejriwal in the Supreme Court: A timeline
We map the sequence of events at the Supreme Court over six months which led to Kejriwal’s release in the liquor policy scam
3rd Oct 2024
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PMLA and the Supreme Court: A Timeline from Vijay Madanlal
SCO tracks how the Supreme Court may have brought incremental relaxations to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act since 2022
21st Sep 2024
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In Prem Prakash, the Supreme Court takes another step away from Vijay Madanlal
By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation
20th Sep 2024
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Supreme Court reserves judgement in Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for bail from CBI arrest
70 days after his arrest by the CBI, Kejriwal relied on three favourable bail orders in his ED case to argue for interim bail
5th Sep 2024
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“A game of snake and ladder”: Tracing Manish Sisodia’s 17-month journey to bail
We map out the CBI and ED investigations against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's alleged involvement in the Liquor Policy case
12th Aug 2024
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The “need and necessity” of arrest
The Court’s decision to refer an issue around the legality of Kejriwal’s arrest to a larger bench could widen the scope of judicial review.
21st Jul 2024
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Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge to ED arrest: Judgement Summary
The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal. Meanwhile, the legality of his arrest was referred to a larger bench
17th Jul 2024
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SC grants interim bail to Kejriwal in ED case; refers question of legality of arrest to a larger bench
Bench said that the question of the 'need and necessity of arrest' is open even as the Delhi CM will have to stay in jail in the CBI case
12th Jul 2024
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Arvind Kejriwal withdraws plea challenging Delhi High Court’s interim stay order from Supreme Court
A Vacation Bench permitted the Delhi CM to file a fresh petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s stay
26th Jun 2024
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A narrow check on the ED’s wide powers
‘Tarsem Lal’ clarifies that the ED cannot arrest after cognisance, but experts warn against reading it as a shift from ‘Vijay Madanlal'
30th May 2024
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Tarsem Lal v Directorate of Enforcement, Jalandhar Zonal Office
The Supreme Court held that the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest an accused after a Special Court takes cognisance of the case
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Bench:A.S. Oka J, Ujjal Bhuyan J
Karti P. Chidambaram v Enforcement Directorate
The Supreme Court will partly review its decision in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v Union of India, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Court will review if the Enforcement Directorate is obligated to provide an ECIR copy to the accused, and whether the reversal of the presumption of innocence is constitutional.
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Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v Union of India
The Supreme Court upheld the wide investigative powers of the Directorate of Enforcement and the restrictive bail conditions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
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Bench:A.M. Khanwilkar J, Dinesh Maheshwari J, C.T. Ravikumar J