Senthil Balaji's ministership during a pending money laundering trial was not barred; transfer of trial and special prosecutors suggested.
The petition sought clarification on whether former minister V Senthil Balaji could resume ministerial office during his money laundering trial. The bench refused to treat the earlier order as an outright injunction on his ministership but stressed that any assumption of office that risks influencing proceedings or the state's atmosphere would be impermissible. The court suggested considering transfer of trials to a neutral venue and the appointment of special public prosecutors, and sought state submissions and names for such appointments in the large, multi accused cash for job cases.

Asset attachment under PMLA: ED provisionally attaches immovable properties in MUDA linked money laundering probe.
The Enforcement Directorate issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) attaching 34 immovable properties, including MUDA sites, alleging routing and layering of undue gratification used to purchase assets in relatives' and associates' names and asserting a nexus between MUDA officials and real estate businessmen involving cash payments for allotments and approvals.

Investigation into Zubeen Garg's death to include probe of alleged financial crimes and benami property acquisitions.
A judicial commission will be formed to investigate Zubeen Garg's death, collect affidavits and digital evidence, and consider post mortem reports, while the CID leads a concurrent probe into alleged organised financial crimes and benami property acquisitions linked to event manager Shyamkanu Mahanta, with the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department likely to join following seizures of multiple PAN cards, corporate seals, and documents during raids.

Murder investigation continues as additional suspects arrested and international cooperation sought for evidence gathering.
Multiple arrests have been made in the investigation into Zubeen Garg's death, with suspects charged under provisions for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence, and an additional murder charge added; the CID and a Special Investigation Team are conducting interrogations, collecting forensic evidence including autopsy and viscera reports, seeking international cooperation via the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Singapore, and pursuing a parallel probe into alleged money laundering and benami property holdings linked to the festival organiser.

Murder charge invoked against two accused, prompting custody, forensic tests and international mutual legal assistance for evidence collection.
Police have arrested and remanded the singer's manager and the festival organiser and added a murder charge under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; the CID is conducting a consolidated investigation into multiple FIRs while awaiting forensic viscera results from the Central Forensic Laboratory and coordinating evidentiary cooperation with the foreign jurisdiction through formal requests and a Special Investigation Team.

Interface between insolvency law and PMLA coordination proposed to reconcile asset attachment and moratorium while preserving both regimes
A procedural solution is being prepared to reconcile PMLA asset attachments by the Enforcement Directorate with the IBC moratorium and resolution process, preserving the sanctity of both statutes while enabling effective stressed asset resolution; a circular will provide operational guidance. The IBBI is also implementing Supreme Court directions for real estate and drafting regulations to reflect proposed amendments to the Code following stakeholder consultations.

Virtual Digital Asset compliance: notices and takedowns issued for offshore providers operating without required AML/CFT registration.
FIU IND issued non-compliance notices under the PML Act to 25 offshore Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers for failing to register and meet activity-based AML/CFT obligations applicable to entities serving Indian users, noting that registration and duties (reporting, record-keeping, and other compliance) apply regardless of physical presence. The Director also used IT Act powers to issue takedown notices for publicly accessible applications/URLs of entities operating without PML Act compliance.

Foreign exchange violations prompt ED searches and PMLA-linked investigation into alleged fund diversion and undisclosed related party transfers.
Foreign exchange compliance and alleged illegal remittances are under investigation after Enforcement Directorate searches in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh targeting Reliance Infrastructure. The probe follows a securities regulator report alleging diversion of funds disguised as inter corporate deposits through an intermediary that was not disclosed as a related party, prompting action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The company has characterised the matter as historical, stated disclosed exposure, and cited a mediated settlement filed in court to recover the exposure.

Asset attachment under anti money laundering law targets celebrity endorsements tied to alleged proceeds of crime.
The Enforcement Directorate is preparing a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to seize assets allegedly acquired from endorsement fees paid by an online betting platform as proceeds of crime, to be sent to the Adjudicating Authority for confirmation and followed by a chargesheet; the probe includes recorded statements and documentary production of contracts, account statements and details of payment modes and locations.

Money laundering allegation: individual accused of retaining and concealing cryptocurrency received from alleged Ponzi promoter, facing PMLA charges.
The Enforcement Directorate alleges the respondent received and retained 285 Bitcoins from an alleged Ponzi scheme promoter as beneficial owner, failed to surrender the assets, concealed wallet addresses and transaction records, and executed below market transfers to a family member to disguise the origin of the proceeds; a chargesheet has been filed before a special PMLA court naming the respondent and another businessman.

Stay on Commission of Inquiry upheld to prevent parallel investigations from prejudicing criminal prosecutions.
A stay on the state notification appointing a Commission of Inquiry was affirmed because continuation would create parallel investigations that interfere with ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions, prejudice accused persons, and exceed the appropriate role of a fact-finding body. The question of the state's legislative competence to appoint the Commission is to be decided later by the single judge.

Pardon and approver status granted conditional on full and true disclosure; court to facilitate accused's return for cooperation.
A court granted the accused a pardon converting him into an approver conditional on making a full and true disclosure of all circumstances within his knowledge, noting the prosecution's non opposition and directing facilitation of his return to India so he may participate in proceedings and provide the mandated disclosure.

Money laundering via Ponzi scheme: ED arrests agent for mobilising investor funds and channeling proceeds abroad.
Allegations under PMLA describe a Ponzi fraud run through the QFX platform and aliases, where a senior agent recruited over 10,000 investors, collected funds via payment aggregators and USDT, coordinated with Dubai-based organisers, used notional dashboards and deleted investor IDs to halt payouts, and diverted proceeds abroad through shell companies; searches and asset freezes followed as part of the multi-state investigation.

Money laundering allegations trigger arrest and prosecution steps for alleged participants, with ED and anti corruption agencies pursuing asset concealment claims.
Allegations of money laundering and related corruption conduct underpin coordinated investigative action: the Enforcement Directorate alleges that a syndicate collected, appropriated and concealed proceeds from an alleged liquor scheme and filed a supplementary prosecution complaint asserting that a principal accused knowingly assisted in concealment, possession, acquisition and use of illicit proceeds; parallel anti corruption investigators have advanced criminal inquiries and secured production warrants and custody orders for suspects.

Proceeds of crime concealment alleged against political kin, prompting arrest and forensic financial probe under anti money laundering laws.
Anti corruption and anti money laundering probes converge in the arrest and remand of a person alleged to have overseen a liquor syndicate; ACB/EOW arrested and produced him under the Prevention of Corruption Act while the Enforcement Directorate's supplementary prosecution alleges he managed and concealed substantial proceeds of crime, though defence counsel notes he was not named in earlier ACB/EOW charge sheets and challenges the evidential basis for arrest.

Money laundering investigations expand into luxury car smuggling; multiagency probes pursue links to tax evasion and terror funding.
Luxury vehicles illegally imported with forged documentation are subject to a multiagency criminal probe alleging money laundering, tax evasion and cross-border smuggling of gold, drugs and arms; Customs has seized multiple cars, issued summonses to custodians, and referred financial and terrorism-related angles to specialized agencies for forensic tracing and further investigation.

Disproportionate assets attachment used to secure properties linked to alleged corrupt acquisition and related money laundering probes.
Attachment of sixteen immovable properties was ordered in a disproportionate assets investigation into a serving civil servant after the state agency found acquisition of multiple properties through alleged corrupt sources linked to a coal levy scheme; some properties had earlier been seized by a federal enforcement agency in a related money laundering probe and an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered.

Money laundering probe targets alleged land-record forgery and tracing of proceeds under PMLA in multiple locations.
Enforcement action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act involved searches in Ranchi and Delhi at premises linked to B K Singh and others, targeting evidence that accused persons, allegedly in collusion with Circle Officers, forged land records in Kanke Block, sold the properties, and generated proceeds of crime; the operation seeks to identify, trace and seize assets, transactional records, and documents evidencing money-laundering activity arising from those sales.

PMLA custodial remand for a limited period granted to former officials in a money laundering probe linked to civil supply scam.
Two former IAS officers were remanded to custodial interrogation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after surrender, following an order setting aside prior anticipatory protection; the remand began on receipt of the higher court's directive and they must be produced at its expiry. The case stems from an ECIR lodged in 2019 based on a state investigative agency's FIR and chargesheet in the NAN civil supply probe, which recorded raids, seizure of unaccounted cash, and allegations of substandard rice and salt; the officers were senior NAN officials at the relevant time.

Money laundering: summons issued to developers over alleged siphoning of redevelopment proceeds and sale of FSI.
The special court found prima facie money laundering allegations based on the ED's supplementary chargesheet that developers generated and sold FSI and land parcels, collected sale proceeds, and diverted most funds to group accounts rather than using them for tenant redevelopment; the court issued summonses to the realty firm via its partner and to another developer for involvement in generating and siphoning off proceeds of crime.