The Supreme Court on Thursday was told that an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) upon being produced before a magistrate can’t be mandatorily remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) upto 15 days and can only be sent to judicial custody.<
Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu Minister challenging the Madras High Court's order, which held his arrest by the ED legal in a money laundering case.
The Madras High Court on July 14 held legal the arrest of Balaji by the ED, and subsequent judicial custody granted by a lower court on money laundering charges against him linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 21 plea of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment order which held his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case legal.
The Madras High Court on July 14 held legal the ED’s arrest of Balaji and subsequent judicial custody on money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister Ponmudi's residences in Chennai and Viluppuram, the officials said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday, in a 15-page letter to President Droupadi Murmu said that Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's various activities shows he is not fit to be a Governor.
The visit to Delhi comes on the heels of his continuing war of words with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the order sacking jailed DMK minister Senthil Balaji from the state cabinet.
Tamil Nadu Law Minister Thiru S Regupathy on Thursday wrote to Governor RN Ravi seeking prosecution of former AIADMK ministers while alleging that the latter was shielding the Opposition leaders from corruption charges.
After a division bench of the Madras High Court gave a split verdict on the habeas corpus plea filed by the wife of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji for his release in a case registered by Directorate of Enforcement (ED), the Supreme Court on Tuesday requested the Chief Justice of Hig
The split verdict was delivered by a division bench of Justices Nisha Banu and D Bharatha Chakravarthy. While Nisha Banu concluded that the habeas corpus plea filed for Balaji's release is maintainable and therefore be allowed, Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said he could not agree with
"I reiterate that you have no power to dismiss my Ministers. That is the sole prerogative of an elected Chief Minister. Your unconstitutional communication dismissing my Minister without my advice is void ab initio and non-est in law and hence has been disregarded," said MK Stalin in a lette