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Legal Precedents
Vijay Madanlal Choudhary vs Union of India
2022This landmark Supreme Court judgment comprehensively upheld the constitutional validity of PMLA provisions and ED's powers. The court rejected challenges to ED's arrest powers,…
Directorate of Enforcement vs Deepak Mahajan
2018This case established important precedents regarding ED's investigative powers and the relationship between PMLA proceedings and predicate offense trials. The Supreme Court held…
Karti P. Chidambaram vs Directorate of Enforcement
2019This case dealt with the scope of ED's powers in politically sensitive cases and established guidelines for arrest procedures under PMLA. The Supreme Court emphasized that ED's…