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The Supreme Court on Tue...

The Supreme Court on Tue...

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, sought response from the Central Bureau of Investigation upon a plea by a Hyderabad-based businessman seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him in an alleged money laundering case involving him and meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi among others, while directing the CBI to not take any coercive action against the petitioner till next date of hearing.

The Delhi High Court has set aside orders passed by the Adjudicating Authority under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) whereby bank accounts of 66 companies were frozen, upon a "request for legal assistance" from the Office of the Prosecutor General, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

The Delhi High Court on ...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday listed a plea filed by Shivani Saxena, one of the accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Scam, for disposal on December 7.

The bail application of Gautam Thapar, promoter of Avantha Group, was rejected by the Delhi High Court on Thursday, challenging his arrest in connection with the Yes Bank Loan fraud case.

Mehbooba Mufti had been served summons to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in a PMLA case. She challenged the ED summons in the Delhi High Court saying she doesn't know why she was being called. The Centre is likely to move the case to the Supreme Court to club similar cases.

Senior Advocate Trideep Pais said, "UAPA, POTA, PMLA are distrust of judiciary. These are enacted so that your (judiciary) hands are tied. This is a joke. No accused should be held in this FIR. This is a cooked-up FIR."

The Delhi High Court will continue on Friday its hearing on petition by former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti, challenging the constitutional validity of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.