{"id":297542,"date":"2025-05-04T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/pmla-review-plea-3-judge-bench-to-hear-pleas-against-2022-verdict\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:58:08","slug":"pmla-review-plea-3-judge-bench-to-hear-pleas-against-2022-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/pmla-review-plea-3-judge-bench-to-hear-pleas-against-2022-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"PMLA review plea: 3-judge bench to hear pleas against 2022 verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-120870550,imgsize-95668.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"PMLA review plea: 3-judge bench to hear pleas against 2022 verdict\" title=\"PMLA review plea: 3-judge bench to hear pleas against 2022 verdict\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"7\">The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> will take up a slew of petitions on May 7 seeking reconsideration of the top court&#8217;s 2022 ruling in which it had upheld relevant provisions of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prevention-of-money-laundering-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prevention of Money Laundering Act<\/a> (PMLA). A special three-member bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and NK Singh will take up the pleas. The case has been hanging fire for the past few hearings.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->At one of the previous hearings, in August 2024, Justice CT Ravikumar (who stands retired) had verbally observed that the court would have to examine whether the review petition is &#8220;an appeal in disguise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark judgement, under challenge, was delivered in July 2022 by a three-member bench which held that the PMLA is a &#8220;unique and special legislation&#8221;. Upholding the constitutional validity of relevant provisions of the 2002 Act, the three-member bench had upheld the powers to hold inquiry, arrest, and attachment of property by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).<\/p>\n<p>Referring the matter to a three-member bench, the SC had in October 2023 verbally questioned whether a statement recorded by the ED under Section 50 of the Prevention of <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/definition\/money-laundering\" rel=\"noopener\">Money Laundering<\/a> Act (admissible in court) be used by the prosecution in a predicate offence. The top court had also orally observed that the Supreme Court judges are &#8220;not infallible&#8221;.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/pmla-review-plea-3-judge-bench-to-hear-pleas-against-2022-verdict\/articleshow\/120870550.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court will take up a slew of petitions on May 7 seeking reconsideration of the top court&#8217;s 2022 ruling in which it had upheld relevant provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A special three-member bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and NK Singh will take up the pleas. 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