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The court, in a decision released on Wednesday, stated that mere filing of the appeal against the acquittal in the predicate offence would not mean that the accused would continue to suffer the rigours of criminal proceedings or attachment under the PMLA.
The Court held that a scheduled offence is the very foundation of the offence of money laundering and once a person is acquitted of the scheduled offence, the very foundation gets knocked out.
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking “authoritative interpretation” of Section 66 of PMLA, alleging that ED is pressurizing the police and CBI to file FIRs under predicate.
The Delhi Chief Minister filed a rejoinder in response to the Enforcement Directorate’s affidavit before the top court. He was arrested on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy case