SC Protects CA: Issuing Form 15CB Not Abetment of Money Laundering

K. Murali Krishna Vs Deputy Director (Supreme Court of India) Issuing Form 15CB Bona Fide Not ‘Assisting’ Under PMLA: Supreme Court Upholds Madras HC Order- Professional Duty ≠ Criminal Liability – SC Affirms Madras HC Relief to Chartered Accountant Background Petitioner, K. Murali Krishna Chakrala, a practicing Chartered Accountant, was prosecuted by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The allegation was that he had issued five Form 15CB certificates to a Chennai-based entity, M/s B.K. Electro Tool Products, which allegedly en...