Seven Additional PMLA Special Courts Designated in Karnataka

Summary: The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, has issued Notification S.O. 5756(E), dated 23 October 2026, adding seven courts to the existing Karnataka entries in the notification governing designated Special Courts under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002. Issued under Section 43(1), in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, the amendment inserts additional entries in columns (3) and (4) against serial number 13 of Notification S.O. 372(E), dated 5 February 2016. The designated courts comprise the XLIX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru; the Principal District and Sessions Judge and III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dharwad; the Principal District and Sessions Judge and I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kalaburagi; and the Principal District and Sessions Judge and VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mangaluru. The Bengaluru court is assigned twelve districts, including Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru and Davanagere. The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dharwad, is assigned nine districts, while the III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dharwad, covers those districts together with Davanagere. Both Kalaburagi courts cover Kalaburagi, Bidar, Vijayapura, Yadgir and Raichur. Both Mangaluru courts cover Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Kodagu-Madikeri. These entries are added after the existing entries. The notification’s concluding note identifies S.O. 5082(E), dated 16 September 2026, as the preceding amendment to the principal notification.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 23rd October, 2026

S.O. 5756(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 43 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003) and in consultation with the Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number S.O.372(E), dated the 5^th February, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(ii), namely :-

In the said notification, in the TABLE, against serial number 13 relating to the State of Karnataka, after the existing entries in columns (3) and (4), the following entries shall be inserted, namely :-

[F. No. C-18015/2/2025-Ad.ED

RAJEEV LOCHAN, Under Secy.

Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 372(E), dated the 5^th February, 2016 and lastly amended vide S.O. 5082(E), dated the 16^th September 2026.