NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rescheduled the listening to on a plea looking for assessment of its 2022 verdict on the validity of assorted provisions of Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, which supplies Enforcement Directorate wide-ranging powers to summon and arrest individuals, and now fastened it to Oct 16.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, C T Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the listening to after Centre pleaded for it on the bottom that it was not offered the copy of all petitions filed within the case.Because the listening to within the case has been deferred many occasions, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for the petitioners, opposed it however the court docket adjourned the listening to. The listening to was deferred when it was taken on Aug 7 and posted to Aug 28, however the case was taken on Sept 4, and that day too it was deferred to Sept 18.
The petitioners are looking for re-examination of SC’s July 27, 2022 order which upheld the stringent regime prescribed for cash laundering offences and huge powers loved by ED, permitting the company to arrest individuals and conduct search and seizure even when no grievance has been filed, making statements made earlier than the company admissible in court docket whereas additionally placing the burden on the accused to show his innocence. Curiously, inside a month of the order, SC determined to re-examine the decision and issued discover to Centre in Aug 2022.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, C T Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the listening to after Centre pleaded for it on the bottom that it was not offered the copy of all petitions filed within the case.Because the listening to within the case has been deferred many occasions, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for the petitioners, opposed it however the court docket adjourned the listening to. The listening to was deferred when it was taken on Aug 7 and posted to Aug 28, however the case was taken on Sept 4, and that day too it was deferred to Sept 18.
The petitioners are looking for re-examination of SC’s July 27, 2022 order which upheld the stringent regime prescribed for cash laundering offences and huge powers loved by ED, permitting the company to arrest individuals and conduct search and seizure even when no grievance has been filed, making statements made earlier than the company admissible in court docket whereas additionally placing the burden on the accused to show his innocence. Curiously, inside a month of the order, SC determined to re-examine the decision and issued discover to Centre in Aug 2022.
