https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772082 Judicial review of an arrest under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act is confined to checking compliance with statutory and constitutional safeguards: whether the officer was duly authorised, whether recorded reasons to believe existed on relevant material, and whether the grounds of arrest were communicated. On the material before it, the arresting officer had recorded reasons, relied on predicate-offence and money-laundering material, and supplied the arrest memo and grounds of arrest, so the arrest was not vitiated. The remand order was therefore not invalid on that basis. The Judicial Magistrate at Shimla was also found to have territorial jurisdiction to receive the arrestee and authorise custody in the absence of the Special Court during vacation. en-us Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:40:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772082 Judicial review of an arrest under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act is confined to checking compliance with statutory and constitutional safeguards: whether the officer was duly authorised, whether recorded reasons to believe existed on relevant material, and whether the grounds of arrest were communicated. On the material before it, the arresting officer had recorded reasons, relied on predicate-offence and money-laundering material, and supplied the arrest memo and grounds of arrest, so the arrest was not vitiated. The remand order was therefore not invalid on that basis. The Judicial Magistrate at Shimla was also found to have territorial jurisdiction to receive the arrestee and authorise custody in the absence of the Special Court during vacation. Case-Laws Money Laundering Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772082