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minister

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Bail for the minister

The outcome in a petition seeking cancellation of DMK minister Senthil Balaji’s bail could shape the NDA’s PMLA strategy in its third term

Advay Vora

9th Dec 2024

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monsoon

Analysis

2024 Monsoon Session Review

The monsoon winds brought with them two Constitution Bench decisions, several suo moto cases and a shifting trend in PMLA bail jurisprudence

R. Sai Spandana

10th Oct 2024

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September

Analysis

Monthly Review: September 2024

In September, the Court granted bail to two state ministers and heard cases on the R.G. Kar incident, bulldozer demolitions and child rights

Kevin Sebastian

3rd Oct 2024

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Senthil Balaji PMLA judgement summary

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Judgement Summary: Supreme Court grants bail to Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji in PMLA case

The SC found Balaji’s incarceration for 15 months without trial to be ‘unreasonable’, given the length of sentence for the alleged offence

Kevin Sebastian

30th Sep 2024

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pmla

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PMLA and the Supreme Court: A Timeline from Vijay Madanlal

SCO tracks how the Supreme Court may have brought incremental relaxations to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act since 2022

Kevin Sebastian

21st Sep 2024

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PMLA bail

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In Prem Prakash, the Supreme Court takes another step away from Vijay Madanlal

By drawing on the ‘bail is rule, jail is exception’ proposition in a PMLA case again, the Court may have softened its 2022 interpretation

Kevin Sebastian

20th Sep 2024

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CBI

Analysis

Supreme Court reserves judgement in Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for bail from CBI arrest

70 days after his arrest by the CBI, Kejriwal relied on three favourable bail orders in his ED case to argue for interim bail

Advay Vora

5th Sep 2024

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Sisodia's

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“A game of snake and ladder”: Tracing Manish Sisodia’s 17-month journey to bail

We map out the CBI and ED investigations against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's alleged involvement in the Liquor Policy case

Sushovan Patnaik and Advay Vora

12th Aug 2024

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Soren

Analysis

Supreme Court endorses Jharkhand High Court’s order granting Hemant Soren interim bail

The top court dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s challenge to the High Court’s order reasoning that it was “well reasoned”

R. Sai Spandana

29th Jul 2024

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Analysis

The “need and necessity” of arrest

The Court’s decision to refer an issue around the legality of Kejriwal’s arrest to a larger bench could widen the scope of judicial review.

Advay Vora

21st Jul 2024

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Arvind Kejriwal's arrest

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Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest: Story so far

We plot all the key events in Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and the top court's grant of bail

Advay Vora

19th Jul 2024

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Analysis

Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge to ED arrest: Judgement Summary

The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal. Meanwhile, the legality of his arrest was referred to a larger bench

Advay Vora

17th Jul 2024

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cases

Tarsem Lal v Directorate of Enforcement, Jalandhar Zonal Office

The Supreme Court held that the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest an accused after a Special Court takes cognisance of the case

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