Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam s personal secretary and domestic help were arrested by ED with over ₹32 crore cash. Recovery linked to investigation into Virendra K Ram s case under PMLA.
Goyal is presently hospitalised at HN Reliance private hospital for treatment of cancer and has been ordered to pay Rs 1 lakh with sureties for his release by a single-judge bench of Justice NJ Jamadar. He was denied permanent bail on medical grounds by a special court on April 10.
The Delhi High Court has held that no proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), including attachment of properties, can continue after the accused is acquitted in the predicate offence even if an appeal against it is pending.
A Mumbai court recently passed strong strictures against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on finding that the agency failed in its constitutional duty to ensure a speedy trial for the accused in a money laundering case.