Unlawful outward remittances via Hawala using proforma invoices and electronic records proved; documents admitted, directors penalised, penalties redu...
Attachment of equivalent-value properties as proceeds of crime upheld; preventive attachment order and confirmation sustained; no independent ED reinv...
Broker trading-system "technical glitch" redefinition and narrowed incident-reporting regime for large IBT/STWT brokers requiring 2-hr notice and 14-w...
Sections 3, 5 and 8 of the PMLA must be read as an integrated scheme, and the offence of money laundering is capable of being continuing where concealment, possession, acquisition or use of property purchased from proceeds of a scheduled offence persists after the Act commenced; such continued activity sustains liability and permits provisional attachment. Treating the subject property (purchased with tainted funds) as 'proceeds of crime' is valid and does not render the statute impermissibly retrospective. The recorded reasoned belief for attachment need only be supported by material and was not shown to be baseless; attachment was upheld and the appeal allowed.
Sections 3, 5 and 8 of the PMLA must be read as an integrated scheme, and the offence of money laundering is capable of being continuing where concealment, possession, acquisition or use of property purchased from proceeds of a scheduled offence persists after the Act commenced; such continued activity sustains liability and permits provisional attachment. Treating the subject property (purchased with tainted funds) as 'proceeds of crime' is valid and does not render the statute impermissibly retrospective. The recorded reasoned belief for attachment need only be supported by material and was not shown to be baseless; attachment was upheld and the appeal allowed.
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