Petitioner Challenges Account Freezing Orders Lacking Required Explanation u/ss 17(1) and 17(1-A) for Alleged Money Laundering.

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....Seeking stay of orders of freezing of the accounts of the petitioner - Money laundering - The singular absence of statements of reasons or the basis of an apprehension, factual or otherwise, for freezing the properties of the petitioners is apparent from the impugned orders. The requirement of satisfaction of the conditions stated in Section 17(1) before proceeding to Section 17(1-A) do not contemplate parroting the words used in the sections but a precise statement, in writing, reflecting the factors which form the basis of the conclusion arrived at - the impugned orders fall short at all levels of the statutory requirements. - HC....