Fema / RBI : RBI's KYC framework mandates customer identification, risk categorization, and ongoing monitoring to combat money laundering and t...
Corporate Law : The Court examined whether a predicate FIR is necessary before the ED can act under the PMLA. It held that inquiry proceedings and...
Fema / RBI : Individuals who receive or transfer funds on behalf of others may face prosecution under various Indian laws. The article explains...
Corporate Law : Organized crime disrupts fair competition by introducing illegal goods and laundering illicit funds. The analysis highlights its d...
Corporate Law : This examines whether recent rulings have strengthened or softened bail standards under PMLA. The key takeaway is that courts are ...
Finance : The agreements introduce structured protocols for intelligence sharing and monitoring compliance under PMLA. The ruling highlights...
Corporate Law : FIU-IND imposed a ₹9.27 crore penalty on Bybit for violating PMLA compliance. The platform operated without registration, leadin...
Corporate Law : Bombay High Court directs Enforcement Directorate to regulate statement recording hours under PMLA, emphasizing same-day examinati...
Corporate Law : Read about the Directorate of Enforcement's (ED) search operations under PMLA at 14 locations in Haryana and Punjab, uncovering ca...
Finance : Discover India exceptional performance in the FATF Mutual Evaluation 2023-24, placing it in the 'regular follow-up' category and b...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court granted bail under the PMLA, noting prolonged custody, documentary evidence, delayed trial, parity with co-accused, ...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court set aside the High Court's PMLA bail order for failure to apply Section 45 twin conditions and remanded the matter f...
Corporate Law : Karnataka HC refused to cancel bail, holding that the Section 45(1) PMLA proviso exempts women from the twin conditions, subject t...
Income Tax : Orissa HC permitted surrender and directed same-day bail consideration under a strict first hour-second hour timeline, applying pa...
Corporate Law : Karnataka HC granted PMLA bail after 275 days’ custody, holding Article 21 prevailed where trial had not progressed and delay wa...
Corporate Law : The Centre has permitted Home First Finance Company India Ltd. to perform Aadhaar authentication under Section 11A of the PMLA aft...
Corporate Law : The Finance Ministry has permitted seven reporting entities to conduct Aadhaar authentication under Section 11A of the PMLA. The n...
Corporate Law : NRIs and OCIs can now digitally onboard to NPS with relaxed physical presence requirements, while ensuring stringent KYC, anti-fra...
Finance : Ministry of Finance streamlines PMLA KYC rules for SEBI-defined intermediaries, allowing CKYCRR uploads, updates, and retrieval to...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Finance has appointed 53 Special Public Prosecutors to handle cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement un...
Karnataka High Court held that application filed u/s. 50 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, seeking permission to record written statement of accused, is not maintainable before the learned Magistrate
Madras High Court held that even if the accused was not involved in the criminal activity that generated the proceeds of crime, but, if he is involved in some way or the other with the proceeds of crime so generated, he would be liable to be prosecuted under Section 3 read with 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Hon’ble Supreme Court held that by handing over money with the intent of giving bribe, such person will be assisting or will knowingly be a party to an activity connected with the proceeds of crime under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Delhi High Court held that High Court had disposed of the Letters Patent Appeal as the Appellate Tribunal was not functional, however order was passed when the Appellate Tribunal became functional. Accordingly the order passed in LPA will not come in the way of the parties as an equally efficacious alternative remedy available before the Appellate Tribunal.
Jammu Kashmir High Court held that person aggrieved by the order of confirmation of provisional attachment made by the Adjudicating Authority is well within his/her right to file appeal u/s. 26 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 within this period of ten days and may persuade the Appellate Authority to intervene in the matter.
Charging of shareholder with crime under PMLA cannot be a ground to attach property of Company unless there is an allegation that property acquired by company was from proceeds of crime.
Petitioner is a Chartered Accountant by profession and after passing the examination, he became eligible to be appointed as an Insolvency Professional by the Committee of Creditors under Section 3(19) of IBC, 2016 for handling the companies under liquidation.
ED has provisionally attached immovable property valued at Rs.7.33 Crore under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002 relating to the disproportionate assets case registered against Shri Andasu Ravinder, Additional Director of Income Tax who was compulsorily retired from service. Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable property valued at Rs.7.33 Crore under the provisions […]
Liability of a partner for acts of the firm. Every partner is liable, jointly with all the other partners and also severally, for all acts of the firm done while he is a partner.
ED has freezed the crypto currencies [WRX (utility token of WazirX) and USDT (Tether, an Ethereum token that is pegged to the value of a U.S. dollar)] equivalent to Rs 47.64 Lakhs under PMLA, 2002, in respect to an investigation being conducted against one Aamir Khan and others relating to the Mobile Gaming Application, namely E-nuggets. […]
