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TMI BlogSupreme Court's Scrutiny of ED's Conduct: Upholding Legal Standards in Arrest and Remand ProceduresX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . 0006 dated April 17, 2023, filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau Panchkula, Haryana, under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and the IPC. This FIR included allegations of corruption, bribery, and criminal conspiracy against several individuals, including Mr. Sudhir Parmar, the then Special Judge CBI and ED Panchkula. Prior to this FIR, between 2018 and 2020 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... appellants then approached the Delhi High Court, which directed them to seek remedy from the Punjab Haryana High Court. Their subsequent writ petitions were dismissed by the Punjab Haryana High Court. The appellants did not challenge the constitutional validity of Section 19 of the Act of 2002 but sought a 'reading down' of its provisions. They asserted that the reman ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... arrests under the Act of 2002, emphasizing the need for recording reasons for the belief of involvement in money laundering and informing the arrested person of the grounds for arrest. In Madhu Limaye and others , the Supreme Court noted that the Magistrate must apply their mind to all relevant matters at the stage of remand, and an arrest suffering from constitutional infirmiti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y held that the arrested person must be furnished with a copy of the written grounds of arrest, ensuring compliance with the constitutional and statutory mandates. It found that the appellants' arrests were not in compliance with Section 19(1) of the Act of 2002 and that the conduct of the ED was arbitrary. Consequently, the Court allowed the appeals, setting aside the impugned orders of t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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