It quashed a lower court order accepting TN police's closure report in a 2012 cheating case against Santiago Martin based on which ED had started its anti-money laundering probe.
Given on 21 August, the order had quashed money-laundering charges against former Tamil Nadu top cop. SC now faces dilemma—how to restore high court order when nothing is on record.
In July, ED arrested Congress MLA Surender Panwar on charges of illegal mining & EPA violations. The HC quashed his arrest Monday, saying these are not scheduled offences under PMLA.
Apart from social media posts, news reports & other open sources have also contributed massively to ED’s attempt to curb rerouting of illicit money over the last five years.
In the raids on locations linked to Sanjeev Hans, about Rs 85-90 lakh cash, 13 kg of silver bullions & incriminating documents like details of hawala transactions were seized, it is learnt.
Calling for checks & balances in the power to arrest people, the judge said there should be rules or SOPs in place to avoid situations where officers take opposite views in a case.
The top court bench was hearing an appeal filed by Prem Prakash, an alleged aide of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, who has now been granted bail in a money laundering case.
Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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