https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279704 Ad interim stay was granted against PMLA enforcement proceedings where the foundational FIR and related complaint, based on alleged IPC offences, had already been quashed in connected proceedings. The Court treated the continuation of PMLA action as prima facie abusive because the copyright society's statutory framework under the Copyright Act and Copyright Rules functioned as a complete code governing such societies, and the allegations rested on a solitary complaint against former office bearers. It further noted that offences requiring mens rea cannot ordinarily be attributed to a juristic person. On that basis, further proceedings against the petitioner were stayed. en-us Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 07:16:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279704 Ad interim stay was granted against PMLA enforcement proceedings where the foundational FIR and related complaint, based on alleged IPC offences, had already been quashed in connected proceedings. The Court treated the continuation of PMLA action as prima facie abusive because the copyright society's statutory framework under the Copyright Act and Copyright Rules functioned as a complete code governing such societies, and the allegations rested on a solitary complaint against former office bearers. It further noted that offences requiring mens rea cannot ordinarily be attributed to a juristic person. On that basis, further proceedings against the petitioner were stayed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279704