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In Pankaj Bansal judgement, the Supreme Court had said that ED must supply ground of arrest in writing to the accused under PMLA.
The Court held that a reasonably convenient or reasonably requisite time to inform the arrested person about the grounds of his arrest would be within twenty-four hours of the arrest.
The Central government last month told the Delhi High Court that it was planning to file a review petition against the top court’s ruling.
High Court referred to Supreme Court's judgement in V Senthil Balaji case and said that non-compliance of Section 19 of PMLA would vitiate the arrest.
This interpretation by the Supreme Court is expected to restrain arbitrary exercise of arrest powers and facilitate the robust safeguarding of the fundamental right to liberty.