https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=753051 Article 22(1) requires that an arrested person be informed of the grounds of arrest in a meaningful manner, which includes furnishing the written grounds at the earliest. The SC held that there is no material distinction between Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Section 43B(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, because both rest on the same constitutional safeguard, and the rule in Pankaj Bansal applies pari passu to UAPA arrests. On the facts, the arrest memo did not contain the personal grounds of arrest and the remand order was passed before effective communication to counsel, so the arrest and police custody remand were illegal and vitiated; later transmission of the remand application and filing of the charge sheet did not cure the defect. en-us Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 May 2024 11:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=753051 Article 22(1) requires that an arrested person be informed of the grounds of arrest in a meaningful manner, which includes furnishing the written grounds at the earliest. The SC held that there is no material distinction between Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Section 43B(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, because both rest on the same constitutional safeguard, and the rule in Pankaj Bansal applies pari passu to UAPA arrests. On the facts, the arrest memo did not contain the personal grounds of arrest and the remand order was passed before effective communication to counsel, so the arrest and police custody remand were illegal and vitiated; later transmission of the remand application and filing of the charge sheet did not cure the defect. Case-Laws Money Laundering Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=753051