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By: Ram Chander Sankhla, Advocate | Former Chief Commissioner, GST & Customs| Managing Partner, Sankhla Law associates. Author can be reached at www.rrsla.com ——————————— CONTINUED FROM PART I ; II; III; & IV——————————     SPECIAL COURTS: 53. “Special Court” has been defined in Section 2(1)(z), which refers to Section 43. Section 43 reads thus: “SPECIAL COURTS—(1) The […]

By: Ram Chander Sankhla, Advocate | Former Chief Commissioner, GST & Customs| Managing Partner, Sankhla Law associates | Author can be reached at www.rrsla.com ——————————— CONTINUED FROM PART I ; II & III——————————   ARREST IN PMLA: 43. Section 19 explains the manner in which arrest of person involved in money-laundering can be effected. Sub section (1) […]

By: Ram Chander Sankhla, Advocate | Former Chief Commissioner, GST & Customs| Managing Partner, Sankhla Law associates | Author can be reached at www.rrsla.com ——————————— CONTINUED FROM PART I & PART II—————————— SEARCHES AND SEIZURES: 33. Chapter V of the PMLA deals with summons, searches and seizures, etc. Section 16 provides for power of survey. Authorities have […]

By: Ram Chander Sankhla, Advocate | Former Chief Commissioner, GST & Customs| Managing Partner, Sankhla Law associates. ——————————— CONTINUED FROM PART I——————————— DEFINITION CLAUSE: 13.Though the Hon’ble Supreme Court analysed various definition clauses, but, for the sake of brevity only few will be dealt with here. Sec. 2(1)(na)   “investigation” includes all the proceedings under this […]

By Adv. Ram Chander Sankhla, Managing partner at Sankhla Law Associates and Former Chief Commissioner of CGST & Customs Author can be reached at www.rrsla.com | info@rrsla.com VIJAY MADANLAL CHOUDHARY AND PMLA. PART I PROLOGUE: The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, (in short PMLA or 2002 Act) and it’s implementing agency, the Enforcement Directorate, […]