The SC does not allow standalone mental facts to trigger the exception under Section 27, but does not clearly explain why. This
The right to presumed innocence has not been given the status of a fundamental right in the Indian legal system. Yet, its
One of the issues raised before the Court by the Petitioners was that the officers of the Enforcement Directorate [“ED”] were “police
By stating that sex workers’ right to dignity is protected under Article 21 irrespective of their occupation, the Court has made the
In upholding the validity of India’s money laundering law, the Supreme Court on 27 July 2022, created a new normal in the
The judgement in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India has created a situation where the State can arrest anyone without telling
On 27 July 2022, the Supreme Court of India in Vijay Madanal Choudhary v Union of India, upheld the validity of various
On 27 July 2022, the three-judge bench headed by J. Khanwilkar upheld the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Prevention of
This justification when viewed with reference to the definition of money laundering and wide list of predicate offences in the Act is
In the last ten years, the ED has recorded almost 5500 cases under the Act and more than Rs. 1,00,000 crores worth