PMLA committal must go to the Special Court already seized of the money-laundering complaint, not any notified court.

Section 44(1)(c) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act requires the court taking cognizance of the scheduled offence to commit that case to the Special Court already seized of the money-laundering complaint. The expression "the Special Court" refers to the specific court handling the PMLA prosecution, not any Special Court merely notified for that purpose. Even where the scheduled-offence proceedings were pending before another notified Special Court, committal had to be made to the court where the money-laundering case was pending; the contrary orders were set aside and transfer directed.

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Issues: Whether, on an application under Section 44(1)(c) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the case relating to the scheduled offence had to be committed to the Special Court that had already taken cognizance of the money laundering complaint.

Analysis: Section 44(1)(c) requires the court cognizant of the scheduled offence to commit the case to the Special Court that has taken cognizance of the money laundering complaint. The use of the expression "the Special Court" indicates a specific court already seized of the money laundering prosecution, not any Special Court merely empowered by notification. Even if proceedings on the scheduled offence were pending before another notified Special Court, committal had to be made to the Special Court already seized of the money laundering case.

Conclusion: The impugned orders were unsustainable and were set aside. The scheduled-offence complaint was transferred to the Special Court where the money laundering complaint was pending.

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