https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=785991 The Kerala HC held that the proviso to Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 did not bar a direct transfer petition between two Special Courts in the same sessions division, because Special Courts under special statutes are distinct fora and the ordinary transfer rule for subordinate criminal courts was not controlling. It further held that Section 44(1)(c) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is only an enabling provision for committal by the authorised authority and does not exclude a transfer request by an aggrieved person; read with Section 65, procedural law remained applicable where consistent. The scheduled-offence case was therefore transferred to the same Special Court seized of the PMLA matter in the interest of justice. en-us Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:24:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=785991 The Kerala HC held that the proviso to Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 did not bar a direct transfer petition between two Special Courts in the same sessions division, because Special Courts under special statutes are distinct fora and the ordinary transfer rule for subordinate criminal courts was not controlling. It further held that Section 44(1)(c) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is only an enabling provision for committal by the authorised authority and does not exclude a transfer request by an aggrieved person; read with Section 65, procedural law remained applicable where consistent. The scheduled-offence case was therefore transferred to the same Special Court seized of the PMLA matter in the interest of justice. Case-Laws Money Laundering Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=785991