Money laundering probe expands with a supplementary charge sheet naming a political party unit and senior leaders as accused.
A money laundering investigation into alleged financial irregularities at Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank led the Enforcement Directorate to file a first supplementary charge sheet naming the CPI(M) Thrissur district committee and senior party leaders as accused, increasing the total accused and linking alleged proceeds of crime to multiple FIRs registered by the Kerala police crime branch.

Money laundering allegations: accused used bank loans to finance luxury purchases, facing charges under PMLA.
The ED chargesheet alleges systematic misappropriation of sanctioned bank loans by DHFL promoters, who purportedly diverted funds to beneficial entities and used them for luxury purchases, cash conversion and acquisition of assets; the agency frames these movements as proceeds of crime subjected to placement, layering and integration under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and identifies intermediaries alleged to have aided the diversion, with a special PMLA court taking cognizance and issuing summons for further proceedings.

No Objection Certificate for passport renewal sought amid ongoing corruption and money laundering probes into excise policy irregularities.
Application for a No Objection Certificate was filed to renew a passport that expired in 2018, seeking ten year reissuance; the court issued notice to the investigating agencies and required their replies by the next hearing. Separate but related proceedings include a corruption probe into modifications of a metropolitan excise policy and a connected money laundering inquiry stemming from that FIR, with allegations that policy changes conferred undue advantages and that the policy was later rescinded.

Asset-tracing Silver Notice enables cross-border identification of laundered assets and informs bilateral seizure or recovery requests.
The Silver Notice enables member countries to obtain information to locate, identify and gather details about assets linked to alleged criminal activity-such as properties, vehicles, financial accounts and businesses-and to use that information as a basis for bilateral requests for seizure, confiscation or recovery, subject to domestic law.

Money laundering: ED names political party unit as accused in cooperative bank probe under PMLA alleging benami loan schemes
The Enforcement Directorate has named the Thrissur district unit of a political party and multiple individuals in a supplementary PMLA chargesheet arising from alleged irregularities at the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank, bringing total accused to about 83. The chargesheet, filed before a special PMLA court pending cognisance, alleges sanction of bogus and benami loans, multiple loans on the same property, inflated valuations, diversion and laundering of proceeds, and vicarious liability of promoters, and relies on raids, asset attachments and recorded confessional statements.

Money laundering charges name a major party and leaders, prompting allegations of political motive and legal contestation.
A PMLA chargesheet was filed naming a political party and 28 entities and individuals in an alleged money laundering probe tied to the Karuvannur Cooperative Bank; the enforcement agency asserts proceeds of crime arising from bank irregularities and has submitted a first supplementary chargesheet to pursue judicial action. The party contends the filing is politically motivated, cites ongoing state investigations and a vigilance probe into an agency official, and challenges the chargesheet's credibility while opposition actors allege partiality.

Money laundering allegations target alleged bank loan misuse and benami transactions, expanding accused to include a political organization.
The Enforcement Directorate named a political party and multiple individuals in a supplementary chargesheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, alleging a scheme of sanctioned loans, benami transactions, inflated property valuations and diversion of loan proceeds to party coffers. The filing cites corporate and vicarious liability provisions, builds on multiple predicate FIRs describing repeated lending on the same properties, and follows investigative measures including raids, arrests and attachment of assets.

Asset attachment under PMLA follows probe alleging diversion of public welfare funds through fraudulent beneficiaries and controlled entities.
A provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was issued against properties linked to two former KBDC officials after an ED probe. The agency alleges loans and assistance were sanctioned to hundreds of fraudulent beneficiaries, with sanctioned amounts diverted to entities and accounts controlled by the accused and used to acquire assets and meet personal expenses. The officials were arrested earlier and are in judicial custody; the ED's action follows multiple police FIRs alleging misuse and diversion of KBDC funds.

Money laundering investigation prompts searches under PMLA, seizing cash and asset documents in alleged homebuyers' fraud.
Searches under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at 15 premises linked to Jaypee Infratech Ltd, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, their promoters and related associates resulted in seizure of cash, financial documents, digital devices and immovable property records; the probe follows FIRs alleging large-scale fraud, criminal conspiracy and dishonest inducement of homebuyers in relation to projects such as Jaypee Wishtown and Jaypee Greens.

Interpol Red Notice prompts deportation and CBI-coordinated detention enabling prosecution for alleged bank fraud and cross-border money laundering.
An individual subject to an Interpol Red Notice was deported from the United States and detained by the CBI after coordination with foreign authorities; he is accused in a domestic bank fraud conspiracy, declared a proclaimed offender with open-ended arrest warrants, and has previously pleaded guilty in the United States to money laundering based on operation of shell companies and online fraud schemes that routed proceeds internationally.

Anticipatory bail sought as corruption and conspiracy allegations are contested amid vigilance probe and related money laundering inquiry.
A senior Enforcement Directorate officer seeks anticipatory bail after being named as the principal accused in a vigilance corruption probe alleging undue influence under the Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy; the officer denies contact or financial links with co accused, asserts a clean service record, pledges cooperation and no witness tampering, while the vigilance agency continues evidence collection and several arrests have been made on bribery allegations.

Maternity leave integral to maternity benefits affirmed, reinforcing reproductive-rights framing and labour-protection obligations.
The aviation regulator denied a carrier's request to enter foreign airspace and the State extended an existing airspace ban on carriers of the neighbouring State for another month, maintaining administrative control over flight authorisations. A central agency signaled it would report alleged cash kickbacks and software tampering in a state excise system to the apex court, reflecting money-laundering and evidentiary concerns. Judicial scrutiny examined online betting app regulation, affirmed that maternity leave is integral to maternity benefits, quashed a specialised anti-gangster prosecution, and upheld an appellate tribunal's decision in an electricity sector dispute.

Money laundering probe halted after agency uncovers alleged software tampering and cash kickbacks in liquor operations.
Allegations concern a money laundering probe into the state liquor distributor involving cash kickbacks, manipulated procurement and indenting data, and tampered software that skewed sales to favour specific suppliers. Investigators report incriminating communications, recorded statements, and documents indicating bogus purchases, diversion of cash into other businesses, misuse of demand drafts, and benami-operated licences and tenders, which the agency intends to present at the next hearing following a judicial stay.

Grey listing pressure to block multilateral funding over alleged terror financing and diversion of funds to arms procurement.
India will submit a dossier to FATF/APG seeking Pakistan's reinstatement on the grey list for alleged failures under AML/CFT norms, citing safe havens for designated terrorists and military presence at related funerals. Simultaneously, India will oppose World Bank and other multilateral funding to Pakistan, alleging past misuse of funds for arms procurement rather than development and relying on defence spending and arms import data to support the objection.

Investigation jurisdiction questioned as opposition urges transfer of cash-recovery probe and a clear SIT timeline promptly.
Opposition questioned retaining the Dhule cash recovery investigation within state processes instead of transferring it to the Enforcement Directorate, demanded a public time frame and procedural details for the constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT), and urged registration of a criminal case against the suspended section officer who had booked the guest house room, amid allegations the recovered cash related to attempted bribery.

Money laundering probe under PMLA targets alleged large investment and homebuyer fraud, prompting multi location searches.
Search operations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act were conducted in Delhi NCR and Mumbai in an investigation into alleged large scale investment and homebuyer fraud involving Jaypee Infratech, Jaypee Associates and related entities, targeting alleged diversion of investor and homebuyer funds and seeking documents and material evidencing transactional links among corporate group companies.

Bail conditions adjusted to permit cash surety with passport and attendance safeguards to prevent absconding during trial.
The court substituted the local-surety requirement with a personal bond and an increased cash surety, while imposing safeguards against absconding: the expired passport need not be deposited immediately, the foreign registration office must prevent departure from the country, the issuing embassy must deposit any renewed passport directly with the trial court, and the accused must comply with periodic physical attendance requirements and address verification through the investigating agency.

Federalism breach: stay on central agency's money laundering probe for state run retailer citing overreach and jurisdictional limits.
The Supreme Court stayed the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering probe into the state run liquor retailer, holding the ED was crossing limits and implicating federal governance. Petitioners argued the ED's 60 hour search targeted a state instrumentality that was not an accused in predicate FIRs, that the agency lacked jurisdiction under the PMLA absent a predicate offence, and that the operation was a roving and fishing enquiry lacking the requisite reasons to believe. The Court issued notice on challenge to the Madras High Court order and recorded concern over enforcement overreach and protection of state investigatory primacy.

Federalism limits: Stay on anti-money laundering probe into state-run liquor entity over alleged misuse of PMLA powers.
The challenge alleges the Enforcement Directorate exceeded its PMLA remit by conducting a 60-hour search and seizure at a 100% state-owned instrumentality without a predicate offence involving that entity, noting TASMAC is not an accused in underlying FIRs and, in several matters, is the complainant. The petition asserts the ED failed to demonstrate the mandatory reasons to believe and that its actions amount to a roving and fishing inquiry intruding upon the State's investigative domain, thereby raising federalism and jurisdictional questions.

Prevention of Money Laundering concerns over alleged routing of funds and unexplained trust payments into accounts under investigation.
Searches under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act allege hawala and accommodation-entry operators routed purportedly fake transactions into the account of an individual linked to a gold smuggling probe, with investigators focusing on diversion of trust funds and an unexplained credit-card payment allegedly made at the direction of an influential politically exposed person lacking documentation.