https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=412699 At the summons stage under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Court noted that the statutory power of arrest under Section 19 remains available, but held that an apprehension of arrest should not prevent the petitioner from appearing and responding to the summons. As the proceedings were still at a nascent stage, the Court declined to examine the merits and instead balanced investigation needs with interim protection. The petitioner was directed to cooperate with the investigation, while the respondents were restrained from taking coercive steps or arresting the petitioner in connection with the ECIR, subject to liberty to seek vacation of that protection if non-cooperation occurred. en-us Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=412699 At the summons stage under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Court noted that the statutory power of arrest under Section 19 remains available, but held that an apprehension of arrest should not prevent the petitioner from appearing and responding to the summons. As the proceedings were still at a nascent stage, the Court declined to examine the merits and instead balanced investigation needs with interim protection. The petitioner was directed to cooperate with the investigation, while the respondents were restrained from taking coercive steps or arresting the petitioner in connection with the ECIR, subject to liberty to seek vacation of that protection if non-cooperation occurred. Case-Laws Customs Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=412699