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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Raja Vijayaraghavan V., K.V.Jayakumar
Vipul Shipping Engineering Works – Appellant
Versus
Directorate Of Enforcement Pravartan Bhawan, Apj Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background and allegations of corruption. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. contentions regarding arbitration and the validity of pmla proceedings. (Para 3) |
| 3. court's observations on statutory remedies and jurisdiction. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. court's reasoning on the provisional attachment under pmla. (Para 7 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. final decision to dismiss the appeals with liberty granted. (Para 16) |
JUDGMENT :
Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.
These appeals have been preferred challenging the common judgment rendered by the learned Single Judge in W.P. (Crl.) Nos. 595 of 2024, 601 of 2024, 731 of 2024, and 721 of 2024, whereby the said Writ Petitions were dismissed as non-maintainable on the ground that the petitioners had failed to exhaust the statutory remedies available under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"). However, liberty was reserved to the appellants/petitioners to challenge the impugned orders before the appropriate statutory authorities, and such authorities were directed to consider the objections and claims raised by the petitioners, untrammelled by the observations made in the impugned judgment. Being aggrieved t
The court affirmed that the Prevention of Money Laundering Act provides a self-contained legal framework, requiring exhaustion of statutory remedies before seeking relief through writ petitions.
Writ petitions challenging provisional attachment under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act are not maintainable due to the availability of statutory remedies.
Provisional attachment order - Act itself does not provide any opportunity of hearing to concerned party prior to passing of order of provisions attached under Section 5 of Act. Rightly so as after o....
Provisional Attachment Orders must have justified legal grounding, requiring explicit evidence of connections to alleged criminal activity, and prior judicial conclusions limit enforcement authority ....
Point of law: Provisional attachment - Adjudicating Authority does not become functus officio on expiry of the period of 180 days from the passing of the order of provisional attachment unless such o....
The main legal principle established is that properties to be proceeded against under PMLA must be connected to the criminal activity, and ex facie illegal acts can be interfered with under Article 2....
The court upheld the necessity of exhausting statutory remedies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act before invoking writ jurisdiction, affirming that 'proceeds of crime' includes property in....
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