Today’s Ten: Rampant misuse of PMLA slammed by SC while granting bail to TN minister Senthil Balaji
By Pradeep Damodaran in Media News on Friday, 27th September 2024 at 4:14pmObserving that rigorous bail provisions in statutes like PMLA, anti-terror law UAPA and NDPS Act on narcotics cannot become a “tool” to keep an undertrial accused in jail for an unreasonably long time, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the requirement of expeditious disposal of cases must be read into these statutes. “Inordinate delay” in the conclusion of the trial and higher threshold for grant of bail cannot go together, the court noted.
Amit Anand Choudhary for The Times of India reported on the bench comprising Justices A S Oka and A G Masih granting bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who has been in custody for 15 months in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-job scam, saying there was no likelihood the trial being concluded shortly as the ...
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