https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=64933 The court held that initiating a PMLA investigation by recording an ECIR without a prior FIR in the scheduled (predicate) offence subverts the statutory sequence: the predicate offence must be recorded and investigated first, and a private complaint cannot substitute for an FIR as the jurisdictional foundation for a money laundering prosecution; the order declined cognisance on that legal ground while leaving open further investigation and potential future prosecution if procedural prerequisites are met. en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:46:03 +0530 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:46:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=64933 The court held that initiating a PMLA investigation by recording an ECIR without a prior FIR in the scheduled (predicate) offence subverts the statutory sequence: the predicate offence must be recorded and investigated first, and a private complaint cannot substitute for an FIR as the jurisdictional foundation for a money laundering prosecution; the order declined cognisance on that legal ground while leaving open further investigation and potential future prosecution if procedural prerequisites are met. News - Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:46:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=64933