https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=407651 The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 operates as a later special statute with overriding provisions in Sections 44 and 71, enabling the designated Special Court to try both the scheduled offence and the connected money-laundering offence. Although Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 vests exclusive jurisdiction in Special Judges under that Act, the PMLA scheme permits transfer of the scheduled offence to the PMLA Special Court under Section 44(1)(c), and the Explanation to Section 44(1) clarifies that this is not to be treated as a joint trial. The transfer mechanism is enabling rather than mandatory, and may be used where it serves speedy trial and expediency. en-us Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 May 2021 08:36:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=407651 The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 operates as a later special statute with overriding provisions in Sections 44 and 71, enabling the designated Special Court to try both the scheduled offence and the connected money-laundering offence. Although Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 vests exclusive jurisdiction in Special Judges under that Act, the PMLA scheme permits transfer of the scheduled offence to the PMLA Special Court under Section 44(1)(c), and the Explanation to Section 44(1) clarifies that this is not to be treated as a joint trial. The transfer mechanism is enabling rather than mandatory, and may be used where it serves speedy trial and expediency. Case-Laws Money Laundering Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=407651