A special court that extended the temporary bail granted to chartered accountant Madan Gopal Chaturvedi accused in a money laundering case concerning Yes Bank, has said in its detailed order, that a humane approach is necessary while dealing with bail applications.
A special court considered a situation where the wife of the accused in a money-laundering case had suffered a spine and head injury after a fall in the bathroom and had no one, except her dependent children to look after her. The court granted temporary bail on humane grounds to a chartered accountant accused in a case of defrauding Yes Bank of Rs 200 crore.
FPJ Legal: Viva Groupâs MD, CA seek medical bail
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Viva Groupâs Managing Director Mehul Thakur and its Chartered Accountant Madan Gopal Chaturvedi have moved a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court seeking bail on medical grounds in a money laundering case concerning Yes Bank.
Recently Thakur had sought bail on merits of the case. On 8 April, the special court had rejected his and Chaturvediâs bail pleas that had been filed on the ground that they are entitled for bail as the chargesheet had not been filed within the stipulated period of 60 days from the date of first remand. While rejecting their bail applications then, the court had said that there was no substance and merit in the pleas.
Media reports quote officials saying ED has arrested Viva Group Managing Director Mehul Thakur and Director Madan Gopal Chaturvedi in connection with the PMC bank and Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited company scam.
ED conducted searches at the premises of the viva group and the premises of their associates. During the searches, Rs 73 lakh cash, incriminating digital and documentary evidence were recovered, said ED officials. The ED action is based on the FIR registered by EOW under various sections of IPC.
Earlier, properties of Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and Wadhawan family trust valued at Rs 293 crore and jewellery worth Rs 63 crores had been attached.
Viva Group money-laundering probe: Enforcement Directorate takes Rana Kapoor into custody
YES Bank co-founder remanded to custody until January 30. ED to grill him on loans given to HDIL for renovation of a newly constructed building in a Mumbai suburb
Rana Kapoor
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) took Rana Kapoor, co-founder of YES Bank, into custody on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering investigation into Maharashtra MLA Hitendra Thakur s Viva Group.
Kapoor had been arrested in the Yes Bank fraud case on March 8 and was in judicial custody.
On Wednesday, the special PMLA court remanded Kapoor to ED custody until January 30. The Directorate has been waiting to grill Kapoor about a YES Bank loan to real estate developer HDIL, embroiled in the PMC Bank scam, for renovation of a newly constructed building in Andheri, a Mumbai suburb.