Prevention Of Money Laundering Act (PMLA): Digest Of High Court Cases-2022

LiveLaw reported almost 7,000 orders and judgments in 2022 from various High Courts across the country. Here is a Digest on decisions relating to Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002:1. Prevention Of Money Laundering Act | "For Money-Launderers Jail Is The Rule And Bail Is An Exception": Allahabad High CourtCase title - Anirudh Kamal Shukla v. Union Of India Thru. Assistant Dir....

Supreme Court To Hear Rana Ayyub's Petition Challenging Summons In PMLA Case On January 25

The petition filed by journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued by a Special PMLA Court at Ghaziabad has been listed on January 25, after the bench which was supposed to hear the matter today cancelled the sitting.The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala today. As the bench cancelled the sitting today, Advocate Vrinda...

BREAKING| Hijab Case : CJI DY Chandrachud Agrees To Consider Request For Urgent Listing; Petitioners Cite Need To Attend Govt Colleges For Exam

Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora on Monday mentioned before the Chief Justice of India the hijab matter for urgent listing, saying that urgent interim directions are required to permit Muslim girl students to appear for exams which are conducted only in Government colleges.The senior counsel was referring to the appeals challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban...

Land Cannot Be Kept Under Temporary Acquisition For Years, It Violates Right To Property Under Article 300A : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh have held that, “to continue with the temporary acquisition for number of years would be arbitrary and can be said to be infringing the right to use the property guaranteed under Article 300A of the Constitution of India. Even to continue with the temporary acquisition for a longer period can be said to be...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Panchayats And Municipalities

Constitution of India, 1950 - Appeal against High Court order that set aside order issued by Municipality cancelling work order to appellant - Allowed - In absence of any evidence and material on record and there being disputed questions of facts the High Court ought not to have passed the impugned judgment and order directing the Council to continue the work order....

Law Minister Questions Collegium System Again, Backs Ex-Judge Who Said SC 'Hijacked' Constitution

Amid the ongoing friction between the judiciary and the executive over the process for judges appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju endorsed the view of a former High Court judge who commented that the Supreme Court 'hijacked' the Constitution by formulating the collegium system to select judges.Rijiju shared in Twitter a video clip of the interview of former Delhi High Court judge...

NCLAT Chairperson Calls For IBC Amendment To Ensure Due Share For Operational Creditors; Stresses On Need To Train IRPs

Former judge of the Supreme Court and current chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Justice Ashok Bhushan, said the move to inaugurate an insolvency law regime was one of the two most important changes in Indian legislative policy; the other being the introduction of the goods and services tax which replaced multiple indirect taxes levied by the centre as well as...

Top Quotes FromTop Court: Supreme Court Weekly Review [January 16-22]

As promised, we bring to you a compilation of the most impactful observations made by the Supreme Court, a judicial ‘action recap’, as it were! Here are our top picks from the week starting from Monday, January 16: 1. Default bail not an order on merits and can be cancelled “When an accused is released on default bail under proviso to subsection (2) of Section 167 Code...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022- Judiciary

Judges Appointment Judges Appointment - Collegium reiterations are binding - Supreme Court asks Centre to explain by reiterated names are sent back to the collegium- 10 names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium sent back by the Central Government- SC asks Attorney General as to how under the Scheme of law prevalent, are reiterated names sent back - Refers to para 486, clause 5...

[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar-Regular Bail-PART-V

Q.21 “Even though the principles of res judicata are not applicable to bail applications, it would lead to bad precedent if bail applications are filed repeatedly or successively without there being any change of circumstances”. Do you agree with the above proposition?Ans. Yes. Those are the observations made by the Supreme Court in State of Tamil Nadu v. S.A. Raja AIR 2005 SC 4462 – K....

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up (15th January 2023-21st January 2023)

Judgements/OrdersIs Non-Production Of Power Of Attorney Fatal To Title Suit? Supreme Court Split VerdictCase Title: Manik Majumder And Ors. v. Dipak Kumar Saha (Dead) through Lrs. And Ors| CA 2965 of 2022 | 13 Jan 2023 |Citation : 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 29Justice M.R. Shah and Justice B.V. NagarathnaThe Supreme Court passed a split verdict in a plea pertaining to the issue that when a sale deed...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Land Laws

Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (Rajasthan) - Section 9 - It cannot be said to be a mandatory statutory obligation of the Market Committees to provide shop/land/platform on rent/lease. (Para 9) Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti v. Commissioner, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 203 : AIR 2022 SC 1234 : (2022) 5 SCC 62 Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973; Section 3 - What was transferred to...