Supreme Court to review PMLA verdict. (Photo: DC)
New Delhi: A special bench of the Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking review of the 2022 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v.Union of India which upheld the various provisions of the Prevention Money Laundering Act (PMLA) relating to arrest, search, seizure, bail etc.
The bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, CT Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the matters at 2 PM tomorrow. The lead review petition is filed by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram.
It may be noted that another bench (Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi) is hearing petitions seeking the reconsideration of Vijay Madanalal Choudhary and its reference to a larger bench. The review petitions were not listed before that bench.
While issuing notice on the review petitions, a bench led by the then Chief Justice of India NV Ramana had orally observed that at least two conclusions of the judgment required relook - that the copy of the ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report, the equivalent of FIR in money laundering cases) need not be given to the accused and the upholding of the reversal of the presumption of innocence.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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