https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=336369 Habeas corpus does not lie against detention pursuant to judicial remand unless the detention is wholly without jurisdiction or absolutely illegal; where the competent court has applied its mind and passed reasoned remand orders, the detention stands. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Act's special arrest and investigation scheme prevails over inconsistent Code of Criminal Procedure provisions, and deletion of the cognizable-offence clause in Section 45 did not make PMLA offences non-cognizable. An Assistant Director appointed under the Act was competent to arrest, and substantial compliance with statutory arrest requirements and communication of grounds was sufficient. On these principles, the arrest and remand were not invalidated. en-us Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 07:35:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=336369 Habeas corpus does not lie against detention pursuant to judicial remand unless the detention is wholly without jurisdiction or absolutely illegal; where the competent court has applied its mind and passed reasoned remand orders, the detention stands. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Act's special arrest and investigation scheme prevails over inconsistent Code of Criminal Procedure provisions, and deletion of the cognizable-offence clause in Section 45 did not make PMLA offences non-cognizable. An Assistant Director appointed under the Act was competent to arrest, and substantial compliance with statutory arrest requirements and communication of grounds was sufficient. On these principles, the arrest and remand were not invalidated. Case-Laws Money Laundering Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=336369