Gold smuggling: SC refuses to stay HC order granting bail to suspended secretary
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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 01:32 PM IST
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A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy took note of the fact that the suspended Principal Secretary, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 28 last year, was already out on bail.
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The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay a Kerala High Court order granting bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar in a money laundering case registered in connection with gold smuggling in the state.
A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy took note of the fact that the suspended Principal Secretary, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 28 last year, was already out on bail.
Kerala High Court grants bail to suspended IAS officer Sivasankar
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Last Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 05:42 PM IST
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Sivasankar, however, would continue to remain behind bars as he was arrested by the Customs on January 21 in connection with an alleged dollar-smuggling case that came to light during the probe into the gold-smuggling racket.
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Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 28 in a money- laundering case registered in connection with gold-smuggling in the state.
In a relief to the former principal secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, the Additional Chief Judicial (Economic Offences) Court, Ernakulam, also granted him default bail in a case registered by Customs in connection with the smuggling of gold.
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