Jurisdiction - power of Special Courts - The contention that ...

Case Laws Money Laundering

May 17, 2021

Jurisdiction - power of Special Courts - The contention that cases relating to scheduled offences punishable under the PC Act (as specified in Paragraph 8 of Part A of the Schedule to the PMLA) cannot be tried by the Special Courts designated under the PMLA, which are trying the interlinked offence punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA, for want of jurisdiction to do so, cannot be accepted - there is no ambiguity in the language of Section 44(1)(c) of the PMLA. - HC

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Case Laws Money Laundering

May 17, 2021

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