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Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

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SERAJ AHMED MOHAMMAD HAROON MEMONversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Allowed

The applicant, Seraj Ahmed Mohammad Haroon Memon, filed a bail application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in connection with ATS Crime No.8 of 2024 involving multiple serious offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Prevention of Money‑Laundering …

RAM SINGH SETIAversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Disposed Off

Ram Singh Setia filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking a direction to the Special Judge handling PMLA Special Case No. 102267 of 2023. The High Court examined whether such a petition is maintainable in the criminal appellate jurisdiction. The Court held that a writ …

ANAND AMARLAL THAKURversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ORS

Allowed

The applicant, Anand Amarlal Thakur, filed an application seeking modification of a Special Court order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 that permitted him to travel abroad for only one month. He argued that his professional commitments, family circumstances, and his minor son's …

SHARIFMIYA AMIRMIYA SHAIKHversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

Disposed Off

The Bombay High Court considered three bail applications filed by accused No.4, No.5 and No.6 in a money‑laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, where the prosecution alleged creation of shell companies and fictitious bank accounts. The accused had been in pre‑trial …

RITESH KUMAR S. SHAHversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANR

Disposed Off

The Bombay High Court considered three simultaneous bail applications filed by accused No.4, 5 and 6 in a PMLA case (ECIR/MBZO‑II/20/2024) involving alleged creation of shell companies and money‑laundering. The applicants had been in pre‑trial detention for more than 18‑20 months while the …

KHILJI MOHSINAHMED MUSTAKALIversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANR

Disposed Off

The Bombay High Court considered three bail applications filed by accused No.4, No.5 and No.6 in a money‑laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, where the prosecution alleged creation of shell companies and fictitious bank accounts. The accused had been in pre‑trial …

CODA PAYMENTS INDIA PVT.LTDversusDY DIRECTOR AND ANR

Disposed Off

M/s Coda Payments India Pvt. Ltd., a payment‑aggregator platform, was investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged unauthorized deductions in online gaming and for remitting large sums abroad. The ED obtained search warrants, seized devices, and under the Prevention of Money …

SITARAM SUDAMA GUPTAversusTHE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR

Allowed

The applicant, Sitaram Sudama Gupta, sought bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with two ECIRs filed by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged violations of Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The applicant argued that …

SUNIL KUMAR GARGversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Allowed

The petitioner, Sunil Kumar Garg, filed a criminal writ petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and Article 227 of the Constitution, seeking to quash an order dated 28‑04‑2025 of the Special Court at Greater Sessions, Mumbai, which had taken cognizance of a …

USHIK MAHESH GALAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANR

Disposed Off

Ushik Mahesh Gala, accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, was arrested in 2025 and subsequently granted interim medical bail for gall‑bladder surgery. After undergoing additional hernia surgery in July 2026, he applied for an enlargement of medical bail, citing morbid obesity …

SUNIL J ANANDPARA AND ANRversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANR

Partly Allowed

The petitioners, Sunil J. Anandpara and his company, challenged an order dated 04‑04‑2025 of the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that took cognizance of an alleged offence without granting them a pre‑cognizance hearing. They argued that the Bharatiya Nagarik …

BAHUBALI S SHAHversusDEPUTY DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

39-RULE DISCHARGED/DISMISSED @ FH

Lok Prakashan Ltd filed two first appeals under Section 42 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, challenging an Appellate Tribunal order that had reversed a 2009 adjudicating authority decision. The appeals were listed as old matters and the appellant’s counsel withdrew, after which no …

LOK PRAKASHAN LIMITEDversusDEPUTY DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

39-RULE DISCHARGED/DISMISSED @ FH

Lok Prakashan Ltd filed two first appeals under Section 42 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, challenging an Appellate Tribunal order that had reversed a 2009 adjudicating authority decision. The appeals were listed as old matters and the appellant’s counsel withdrew, after which no …

KHILJI MOHSINAHMED MUSTAKALIversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANR

Dismissed

The applicant, Khilji Mohsinahmed Mustakali, filed an interim bail application in a PMLA special case pending before the Special Court in Mumbai. After hearing, the applicant's counsel, Mr. Viral Babar, requested to withdraw the bail application, a request unopposed by the Enforcement Directorate …

PARVINDER SINGHversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2026 INSC 519Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Parvinder Singh, was subject to an ECIR and arrested, after which the Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint under the PMLA on 24 June 2024. The Special Court took cognizance of the offence on 2 July 2024, after the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) had come …

PRIMEZONE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITEDversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Disposed Off

Primezone Developers Ltd., a real‑estate company, had its two residential projects attached under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act after alleged money‑laundering by its former chairman, Mr. Ranjeev Agarwal, who had invested tainted NSEL funds into the company. The …

M/S. NAV NIRMAN BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, NAVEEN SINGHversusTHE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, GOVT OF INDIA RANCHI, JHARKHAND

2026 INSC 130Appeal(s) allowed

Nav Nirman Builders & Developers Pvt. Ltd. (appellant) had two parcels of land provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and a confirmation order under s.8(3) was challenged before the Appellate Tribunal under s.26. While the appeal was pending, the Enforcement …

Tarun KumarversusThe Directorate of Enforcement, Patna Zonal Office, Patna.

ALLOWED

Tarun Kumar, accused in a Special Trial (PMLA) case, sought bail alleging that he was falsely implicated due to his family background and that the property in question, jointly owned with his brother, was valued at Rs. 3,89,575 and thus fell below the one‑crore threshold of Section 45 of the PMLA. …

RASHMI SALUJAversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dismissed

Dr. Rashmi Saluja, former Executive Chairman of Religare Enterprises Ltd., challenged the registration of FIR No.355/2024 and the ECIR/MBZO‑I/27/2024 issued by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act (PMLA). She argued that the FIR was barred by special statutes …

SATYANARAYAN TARACHAND JAJU@ JAJOOversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

40-WITHDRAWN @ FH

The applicant, Satyanarayan Tarachand Jaju, filed a revision under Sections 438 and 442 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 challenging the trial court’s refusal to discharge him in a PMLA case alleging his involvement in a bank‑fraud and money‑laundering scheme. The prosecution case …

SITARAM SUDAMA GUPTAversusTHE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

Dismissed

The petitioner, Sitaram Sudama Gupta, challenged his arrest and police custody ordered by an Additional Sessions Judge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, alleging that no investigation had been completed and that the grounds of arrest were furnished only in English, which he could …

ARVIND DHAMversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2026 INSC 12Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a former promoter and non‑executive chairman of Amtek Auto Ltd., was arrested in July 2024 on allegations of massive bank fraud and money‑laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Despite cooperating with the investigation and being the sole accused taken …

M/S C.L. GUPTA EXPORT LTD.versusADIL ANSARI & ORS.

2025 INSC 1035Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, M/s C.L. Gupta Export Ltd., was found by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to have violated environmental laws, leading the Tribunal to impose a Rs.50 crore compensation and direct the Enforcement Directorate to pursue action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The …

NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LIMITEDversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2025 INSC 694

The Supreme Court examined whether secured creditors could claim priority over assets attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the Maharashtra Protection of Investors and Depositors Act (MPID Act) by invoking the SARFAESI Act and the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) …

KUSHAL KUMAR AGARWALversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2025 INSC 760Case Partly allowed

A complaint under Section 44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was filed on 2 August 2024 naming the appellant as an accused. The Special Judge took cognizance of the offence without first giving the accused an opportunity to be heard, contrary to the proviso to sub‑section (1) …

PRAGYA PRASUN & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2025 INSC 599Disposed off

The petitioners, including acid‑attack survivors with facial disfigurements and a blind individual, challenged the mandatory digital KYC/e‑KYC/video‑KYC procedures for being inaccessible and discriminatory. They argued that requirements such as capturing a live photograph and performing a liveness …

SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICEversusADITYA SARDA

2025 INSC 477Disposed off

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) investigated alleged fraud involving the Adarsh Group and filed a criminal complaint before a Special Court, which took cognizance of offences under the Companies Act, 2013 and the IPC and issued bailable and later non‑bailable warrants against 16 …

PRADEEP NIRANKARNATH SHARMAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT & ANR.

2025 INSC 349Dismissed

The appellant, a former collector, was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) for alleged financial transactions involving proceeds of crime arising from land allotments, bribery and hawala. He sought discharge at the pre‑trial stage, arguing that the PMLA could not be …

RADHIKA AGARWALversusUNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

2025 INSC 272

The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the amendments to the Customs Act, 1962 and the arrest provisions in the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, arguing that offences under these statutes remain non‑cognizable and that authorized officers must obtain a magistrate's …

THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTORversusKANHAIYA PRASAD

2025 INSC 210Appeal(s) allowed

The Union of India, represented by the Enforcement Directorate, appealed against a Patna High Court order that granted regular bail to Kanhaiya Prasad in a PMLA case involving alleged money laundering of proceeds from illegal sand mining by his father. The High Court had released the respondent …

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusSUBHASH SHARMA

2025 INSC 141Dismissed

The Enforcement Directorate detained Subhash Sharma under a Look Out Circular at IGI Airport on 4 March 2022 and later took him into physical custody on 5 March 2022, but failed to produce him before the nearest magistrate within the statutory 24‑hour period. The High Court held that this breach of …

PARTHA CHATTERJEEversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

[2024] 12 S.C.R. 627Disposed off

The former West Bengal Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a large‑scale teachers recruitment scam and alleged money‑laundering offences under the PMLA. After raids recovered substantial cash and gold from his associates and …

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusBIBHU PRASAD ACHARYA, ETC.

2024 INSC 843Dismissed

The Enforcement Directorate filed complaints under Section 44(1)(b) of the PMLA alleging money‑laundering offences by two civil servants, one a Vice Chairman/Managing Director of a state corporation and the other a Principal Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh government. The Special Court took …

V. SENTHIL BALAJIversusTHE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 739Appeal(s) allowed

The former Tamil Nadu Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for alleged involvement in a large‑scale job‑racketeering scheme, with the Enforcement Directorate filing a complaint under Section 3 of the PMLA punishable under Section 4. …

ARVIND KEJRIWALversusCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2024 INSC 687Disposed off

The appellant, a three‑time Chief Minister of Delhi, was arrested by the CBI in June 2024 in connection with an FIR registered in August 2022 under sections 120B, 477A IPC and section 7 PC Act. He challenged the legality of the arrest under Sections 41A and 41(1)(b)(ii) of the CrPC and also sought …

ABHISHEK BANERJEE & ANR.versusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 668Dismissed

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued multiple summons under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) requiring the appellants, Abhishek Banerjee and Rujira Banerjee, to appear in Delhi and produce documents related to a coal theft and money‑laundering investigation. The …

PREM PRAKASHversusUNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 637Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant Prem Prakash was in judicial custody for a separate ECIR (No. 4 of 2022) when the Enforcement Directorate recorded statements from him under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for a new ECIR (No. 5 of 2023). The High Court had denied his bail, relying on those …

KALVAKUNTLA KAVITHAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 632Appeal(s) allowed

Kalvakuntla Kavitha, a former Member of Parliament and Legislative Council, was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in CBI and Enforcement Directorate investigations relating to a Delhi excise policy conspiracy. She applied for bail, invoking the special treatment granted to …

MANISH SISODIAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 595Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, was arrested in 2023 in connection with CBI and ED investigations into alleged irregularities in Delhi’s excise policy. He remained in custody for about 17 months without trial, and his multiple bail applications were rejected by the trial …

TUSHARBHAI RAJNIKANTBHAI SHAHversusKAMAL DAYANI & ORS.

2024 INSC 588

The Supreme Court granted the petitioner absolute interim anticipatory bail on 8 December 2023, ordering his release on bail if arrested. Despite this, the police remanded him to custody on 13 December 2023, and the magistrate failed to release him after the remand period, resulting in an illegal …

PARVINDER SINGH KHURANAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 546Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant was granted regular bail by a Special Court on 17 June 2023 in a PMLA case, after which the Enforcement Directorate sought cancellation of bail under Section 439(2) of the CrPC. The Delhi High Court, without hearing the appellant’s counsel, issued an ex‑parte interim stay of the bail …

ARVIND KEJRIWALversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 512Matter referred to larger bench

The Supreme Court examined the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case alleging kickbacks and money‑laundering. Kejriwal challenged the arrest as illegal, arguing that the "reasons to believe" did not …

TARSEM LALversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT JALANDHAR ZONAL OFFICE

2024 INSC 434Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants were accused under complaints filed under section 44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and the Special Court took cognizance of the offence under section 4 of the Act without the Enforcement Directorate having arrested them. The Court examined whether the …

PRABIR PURKAYASTHAversusSTATE (NCT OF DELHI)

2024 INSC 414Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on 3 October 2023 without the arrest memo containing the specific grounds of arrest, only generic reasons. He was presented before a Remand Judge on 4 October 2023 and remanded to police custody, but the copy of the …

ARVIND KEJRIWALversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 400

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was arrested on 21 March 2024 by the Directorate of Enforcement in connection with alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and related statutes. He challenged the arrest before the Supreme Court, arguing that the legality of his …

YASH TUTEJA & ANR.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2024 INSC 301

The petitioners challenged a complaint filed by the Directorate of Enforcement under Section 44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), arguing that the offences alleged, except for IPC Section 120B, were not "scheduled offences" as required by clause (y) of Section 2(1) of the …

SATYENDAR KUMAR JAINversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2024 INSC 217Dismissed

The Supreme Court examined bail applications of Satyendar Kumar Jain, a former Delhi minister, and his associates Vaibhav and Ankush Jain, who were charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly using shell companies to launder approximately Rs 4.81 crore through …

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusNIRAJ TYAGI & ORS

2024 INSC 106

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigated money‑laundering offences arising from three FIRs and an ECIR filed against India Bulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL) and its officers after the financial institution recovered dues from defaulting borrowers under the SARFAESI Act. The borrowers challenged …

VISHAL TIWARIversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS

2024 INSC 3Disposed off

The petitions arose after Hindenburg Research alleged that the Adani Group manipulated its share price and failed to disclose related‑party transactions, prompting the petitioner to seek a court‑monitored investigation by a Special Investigation Team or the CBI and the revocation of certain SEBI …

RAM KISHOR ARORAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2023 INSC 1082Dismissed

Ram Kishor Arora, founder of Supertech Ltd, was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement on 27 June 2023 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). He challenged the arrest, alleging that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to furnish him a copy of the grounds of arrest at the …

SAUMYA CHAURASIAversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2023 INSC 1073Dismissed

The appellant, Saumya Chaurasia, a Deputy Secretary in the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister’s Office, was arrested in connection with an extortion‑linked money‑laundering case investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. She sought bail under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C., but the High Court rejected her …

PAVANA DIBBURversusTHE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2023 INSC 1029Appeal(s) allowed

The Directorate of Enforcement filed a complaint under the PMLA alleging that Pavana Dibbur conspired with accused Madhukar Angur to launder proceeds of a fraud at Alliance University by using nominal sale deeds and her bank accounts. The appellant challenged the complaint, arguing that the only …

TARUN KUMARversusASSISTANT DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2023 INSC 1006Dismissed

The appellant, a Vice President of Purchases at Shakti Bhog Foods Ltd., was arrested under the fourth supplementary complaint filed under Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) for alleged money‑laundering offences linked to a bank fraud investigated under the …

MANISH SISODIAversusCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2023 INSC 956Dismissed

Manish Sisodia, former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, appealed to the Supreme Court seeking bail in prosecutions under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the Indian Penal Code and an enforcement case under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act, 2002. The Court examined the scope of bail under …

PANKAJ BANSALversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2023 INSC 866Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, Pankaj Bansal and Basant Bansal, were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) after being summoned in connection with two Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs). They had earlier obtained …

V. SENTHIL BALAJIversusTHE STATE REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ORS.

2023 INSC 677Dismissed

The appellant, a cabinet minister, was arrested under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) on 14 June 2023 and produced before a magistrate, after which a judicial remand was ordered. His wife filed a writ of habeas corpus challenging the arrest, while the respondents …

Y. BALAJIversusKARTHIK DESARI & ANR. ETC.

2023 INSC 542Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined a large jobs‑for‑cash scam in Tamil Nadu where public servants allegedly accepted bribes for appointments, triggering investigations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court held that the bribe money …

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusADITYA TRIPATHI

2023 INSC 531Appeal(s) allowed

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigated alleged tampering of e‑tender bids that led to charges under the IPC, IT Act and the Prevention of Corruption Act. Because those offences are scheduled under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), the ED opened a money‑laundering …

ANOOP BARTARIA & ETCversusDY. DIRECTOR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE & ANR.

2023 INSC 413Dismissed

The petitioners, Anoop Bartaria and World Trade Park Ltd., challenged an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and a prosecution complaint filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), arguing that they lacked knowledge that the funds they received were proceeds of crime and …

SANJAY RAGHUNATH AGARWALversusTHE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2023 INSC 408Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a chartered accountant, was arrested in September 2022 after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed an information report and a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act (PMLA) alleging his involvement in a fraudulent Global Depository Receipt (GDR) scheme …

MOHD MUSLIM @ HUSSAINversusSTATE (NCT OF DELHI

2023 INSC 311Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Mohd Muslim, was arrested in 2015 in connection with a seizure of 180 kg of ganja and charged under Sections 20, 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act. The prosecution relied on statements of co‑accused, the appellant’s confessional statement and bank‑transaction records, but failed to produce …

ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIAversusKAPIL WADHAWAN & ANR. ETC

2023 INSC 723Reference answered

The Supreme Court examined whether the day on which a magistrate orders remand under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 should be counted in the 60/90‑day period prescribed for filing a charge‑sheet, the expiry of which gives an accused an indefeasible right to default bail. …

THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusM. GOPAL REDDY & ANR

2023 INSC 163Appeal(s) allowed

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) appealed against a Telangana High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to M. Gopal Reddy (respondent No.1) under Section 438 of the CrPC in connection with a money‑laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Supreme Court …

RANA AYYUBversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ITS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

2023 INSC 101Dismissed

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the petitioner conducted three crowdfunding campaigns on the Ketto platform. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opened investigations under FEMA and later filed a complaint under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act (PMLA), attaching the petitioner’s bank account in …

BIKRAM CHATTERJI & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS

2022 INSC 1180Directions issued

The petitioners, led by Prem Mishra, claimed a 40% entitlement over a 'yellow' portion of land in the Amrapali Indore project based on a Memorandum of Understanding and sought release of attachment on their assets. The Debt Recovery Tribunal had attached both the 'green' (Amrapali) and 'yellow' …

DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTversusPADMANABHAN KISHORE

2022 INSC 1143Appeal(s) allowed

The Enforcement Directorate registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PML Act) against Padmanabhan Kishore for allegedly handing over Rs 50 lakh as a bribe to an Additional Commissioner of Income Tax. Kishore contended that the money remained "untainted" while in his …

VIJAY MADANLAL CHOUDHARY & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2022 INSC 757Reference answered

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of most provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), including the definition of money-laundering, attachment of property, search and seizure, arrest, bail conditions, and burden of proof. The Court interpreted Section 3 to …

SATENDER KUMAR ANTILversusCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ANR.

2022 INSC 690Disposed off

The Supreme Court addressed a series of applications concerning bail procedures, directing that any non‑compliance with Sections 41 and 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) automatically entitles the accused to bail. It emphasized that courts must verify compliance with these sections before …

J. SEKAR @SEKAR REDDYversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2022 INSC 519Appeal(s) allowed

J. Sekar Reddy, managing partner of SRS Mining, was searched by the Income Tax Department in December 2016, leading to the seizure of about Rs 107 crore in cash and gold. The CBI registered FIRs for scheduled offences under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the Enforcement …

ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE, GOVERNMENT OFversusKAPIL WADHAWAN & ANR. ETC.

2021 INSC 113

The Enforcement Directorate appealed a Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to respondents arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The crux of the dispute was whether the day of remand should be counted when calculating the 60‑day (or 90‑day) period prescribed under …

OPTO CIRCUIT INDIA LTD.versusAXIS BANK & ORS.

2021 INSC 56Case Partly allowed

The Enforcement Directorate, invoking the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), issued a communication on 15 May 2020 directing several banks to debit‑freeze the accounts of Opto Circuit India Ltd. The company challenged the order, seeking its quash and the defreezing of the accounts to …

MANISH KUMARversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

2021 INSC 28Dismissed

The petitioners challenged Sections 3, 4, and 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2020, which introduced threshold requirements for allottees and certain financial creditors to initiate corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), clarified that a corporate debtor can …

P. CHIDAMBARAMversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2019 INSC 1317Appeal(s) allowed

The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was implicated in a CBI‑filed FIR and a subsequent Enforcement Directorate money‑laundering case, though he was not named as an accused. After his arrest, he sought regular bail under CrPC s.439, which the Delhi High Court denied on grounds of alleged …

DR. LAKSHMANversusTHE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS.

2019 INSC 1153Appeal(s) allowed

Dr. Lakshman entered into agreements with several respondents to procure 70 acres of land for a payment of Rs 9 crore. The respondents allegedly sold the land before the agreement, issued cheques that later bounced, and forced the appellant to sign sale deeds, leading to complaints under the IPC for …

P. CHIDAMBARAMversusDIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT

2019 INSC 1010Dismissed

The appellant, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, was charged with alleged irregularities in a foreign investment clearance and money‑laundering offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act (PMLA). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced a sealed …

NIKESH TARACHAND SHAHversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

2017 INSC 1137Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of Section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, which imposes two additional conditions for granting bail when the offence involves a scheduled offence punishable with imprisonment of more than three years under Part A of the …

ROHIT TANDONversusTHE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE

2017 INSC 1096

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Rohit Tandon challenging the denial of regular bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Court held that the threshold conditions of Section 45 of the PMLA were not satisfied, as the prosecution presented substantial evidence of the …

JAGDISH NARAIN SHUKLAversusSTATE OF U. P. AND OTHERS

2016 INSC 911Disposed off

Jagdish Narain Shukla filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking the implementation of a Lokayukta report that alleged corruption by former minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui and former MLC Husna Siddiqui, claiming they had purchased assets at undervalued prices using income from unknown sources. …

RAJESHWAR SINGHversusSUBRATA ROY SAHARA & ORS.

2013 INSC 812Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined a contempt petition filed by Rajeshwar Singh, an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, who alleged that respondents including Subrata Roy Sahara were intimidating him and attempting to derail the court‑monitored investigation into the 2G Spectrum scam. The …

SHAHID BALWAversusUNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

2013 INSC 586Dismissed

The Supreme Court examined whether its own orders dated 11 April 2011 and 9 November 2012, issued under Articles 136 and 142 while monitoring the 2G spectrum scam investigation, could be recalled. The petitioners argued that the orders infringed their right to approach the High Courts under Articles …

ESSAR TELEHOLDINGS LTD.versusREGISTRAR GENERAL, DELHI HIGH COURT & ORS

2013 INSC 374Dismissed

The petitioners, including Essar Teleholdings Ltd., challenged the Delhi High Court's administrative order and the NCT of Delhi's notification appointing a Special Judge to try the 2G spectrum case, arguing that the Special Judge lacked jurisdiction to try IPC offences (420/120‑B) arising from the …

UNION OF INDIAversusHASSAN ALI KHAN AND ANR.

2011 INSC 734Appeal(s) allowed

The Union of India appealed against the Bombay High Court's order granting bail to Hassan Ali Khan, who was accused under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for handling billions of dollars allegedly derived from criminal activity and for obtaining multiple passports …

BINOD KUMARversusSTATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS.

2011 INSC 234Dismissed

The case concerned a multi‑crore iron‑ore mining lease scam involving former ministers of Jharkhand, including a former chief minister, with allegations of illicit wealth amassed through abuse of official position. The High Court, noting the complexity and trans‑national nature of the alleged …

PAREENA SWARUPversusUNION OF INDIA

2008 INSC 1105Disposed off

Pareena Swarup filed a public interest writ under Article 32 challenging sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and its 2007 appointment rules, alleging that the selection of members and chairpersons of the Adjudicating Authorities and Appellate Tribunal by a committee headed by …