https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299860 Prosecution for alleged pre-commencement conduct under the Companies Act, 2013 was described as prima facie barred by the prohibition on ex post facto penal consequences. The note also states that the investigation power of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office was confined to offences under the Companies Act, 2013, so a complaint covering Indian Penal Code offences and Companies Act, 1956 offences was prima facie without jurisdiction. It further records that a later prosecution based on the same underlying transactions raised prima facie double jeopardy concerns, and that the investigation order was weakened after the Supreme Court negatived the public-interest basis for the inquiry. en-us Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 08:53:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299860 Prosecution for alleged pre-commencement conduct under the Companies Act, 2013 was described as prima facie barred by the prohibition on ex post facto penal consequences. The note also states that the investigation power of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office was confined to offences under the Companies Act, 2013, so a complaint covering Indian Penal Code offences and Companies Act, 1956 offences was prima facie without jurisdiction. It further records that a later prosecution based on the same underlying transactions raised prima facie double jeopardy concerns, and that the investigation order was weakened after the Supreme Court negatived the public-interest basis for the inquiry. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299860