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Supreme Court judgments on Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

29 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Parvinder Singh vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 19 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 486 : 2026 INSC 519
The present appeal has been preferred against the judgment dated 19.05.2025 passed by the High Court wherein, an issue with respect to the scope and applicability of the first proviso to s.223(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik…
M/s. Nav Nirman Builders & Developers Pvt. Ltd. Through its Managing Director, Naveen Singh vs The Union of India Through Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforc
SC · 6 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 406 : 2026 INSC 130
In the instant case, this Court is concerned with the decision-making process adopted by the Special Court. Instead of deferring the application filed u/s.8(7) of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), and…
Arvind Dham vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 6 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 119 : 2026 INSC 12
Issue arose whether the appellant-promoter and non-executive Chairman of a group entity, entitled to bail in a money laundering case when there has been long period of incarceration and the trial has not even commenced.
Kushal Kumar Agarwal vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 9 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 730 : 2025 INSC 760
An opportunity of being heard was not given by the Special Judge to the appellant-accused before taking cognizance of the offence on the complaint. Whether opportunity of being heard is required in terms of the proviso t…
Pradeep Nirankarnath Sharma vs Directorate of Enforcement & Anr.
SC · 17 March 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 71 : 2025 INSC 349
The High Court dismissed the appellant’s criminal revision application and refused to the quash the order of the Trial Court rejecting the appellant’s discharge application in a case for offences under the Prevention of…
The Union of India through the Assistant Director vs Kanhaiya Prasad
SC · 13 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 544 : 2025 INSC 210
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting bail to the respondent without considering the rigours of s.45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Directorate of Enforcement vs Subhash Sharma
SC · 21 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1409 : 2025 INSC 141
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the respondent's arrest was illegal and thus, granting him bail for an offence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Partha Chatterjee vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 627 : 2024 INSC 975
Matter pertains to grant of bail to the appellant-former State Education Minister and MLA, in the ED case for his involvement in various investigations, owing to the racket of illegal appointment of teachers.
Directorate of Enforcement vs Bibhu Prasad Acharya, etc.
SC · 6 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 510 : 2024 INSC 843
The appellant filed complaints against the respondents and others u/s.44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The Special Court took cognizance of the complaints and issued summons to the respondents an…
V. Senthil Balaji vs The Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 26 September 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 393 : 2024 INSC 739
Matter pertains to grant of bail to former Tamil Nadu transport minister against whom complaint was filed for offence u/s.3 PMLA, which is punishable u/s.4 PMLA for his alleged involvement in the job racket scam.
Abhishek Banerjee & Anr. vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 9 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 110 : 2024 INSC 668
Matter pertains to seeking quashing of the summons issued to the appellants by the Enforcement Directorate, seeking their personal appearance in New Delhi with the documents sought for, pertaining to the FIR registered i…
Prem Prakash vs Union of India Through The Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 28 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 955 : 2024 INSC 637
When a person is in judicial custody/custody in another case investigated by the same Investigating Agency, whether the statements recorded (in the present case, the statements dated 03.08.2023, 04.08.2023, 11.08.2023) f…
Kalvakuntla Kavitha vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 27 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 717 : 2024 INSC 632
Matter pertains to the grant of the benefit of the proviso to s.45(1) of the PMLA to the applicant being a well educated and accomplished woman, who has remained Member of Parliament and a Member of Legislative Council.
Manish Sisodia vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 9 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 1061 : 2024 INSC 595
Appellant was incarcerated for around 17 months, trial yet to commence. Bail denied. Whether the trial court and the High Court correctly considered the observations made by this Court with regard to right to speedy tria…
Arvind Kejriwal vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 12 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 2363 : 2024 INSC 512
Validity of arrest of the appellant under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002; scope and ambit of the Courts to examine the legality of the arrest under Section 19; whether the Court while examinin…
Tarsem Lal vs Directorate of Enforcement Jalandhar Zonal Office
SC · 16 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 864 : 2024 INSC 434
(a) Whether the complaint filed u/s.44(1)(b) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 will be governed by sections 200 to 205 of the CrPC; (b) If the accused was not arrested by the ED till the filing of the complaint…
Yash Tuteja & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 8 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 591 : 2024 INSC 301
The issue for consideration was a challenge to the Complaint filed by the Directorate of Enforcement under Section 44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, mainly on the ground that apart from s. 120B of…
Satyendar Kumar Jain vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 18 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 778 : 2024 INSC 217
Whether the appellants have been able to satisfy the twin conditions laid down in s. 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the persons accused of the off…
Case Details Ram Kishor Arora vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 15 December 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 743 : 2023 INSC 1082
Whether the action of the respondent ED in handing over the document containing the grounds of the arrest to arrestee and taking it back after obtaining the endorsement and his signature thereon, as a token of he having…
Manish Sisodia vs Central Bureau of Investigation
SC · 30 October 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 480 : 2023 INSC 956
The two appeals are filed by the appellantformer Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi seeking bail in the prosecutions arising from a case registered by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the Penal Code,…
Pankaj Bansal vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 3 October 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 714 : 2023 INSC 866
Whether the arrest of the appellants u/s. 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was valid; whether there was proper compliance with s.19(1) of the Act of 2002 and as to whether the Vacation Judge/Additional…
Directorate of Enforcement vs Aditya Tripathi
SC · 12 May 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 410 : 2023 INSC 531
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002: s. 45 – Enlargement on bail – Sustainability of – Allegations of tempering of bids – Accused chargesheeted u/ss. 120-B, 420, 468, 471 IPC and s. 7 rw s. 13(2) of the PC Act, the…
Anoop Bartaria & etc. vs Dy. Director Enforcement Directorate & Anr.
SC · 21 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 531 : 2023 INSC 413
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – s.3 – Offence of money laundering – Knowledge of dealing with the proceeds of crime, if sine qua non for– Held: No – Knowledge of the accused that he was dealing with proceeds o…
The Directorate of Enforcement vs M. Gopal Reddy & Anr.
SC · 24 February 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 79 : 2023 INSC 163
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – s.45 – Applicability of, to applications u/s.438, CrPC – Held: Once the prayer for anticipatory bail is made in connection with offence under the 2002 Act, the underlying princi…
Directorate of Enforcement vs Padmanabhan Kishore
SC · 31 October 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 1064 : 2022 INSC 1143
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – ss. 2(1)(u), 3, and 4 – Prosecution case was that A-1 was Additional Commissioner of Income Tax – On intelligence, the CBI checked a car that was parked in front of the house of…
Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 27 July 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 382 : 2022 INSC 757
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – s.2(1), Clause (na) – Expression “proceedings” therein – Held: The expression “proceedings” occurring in Clause (na) of s.2(1) is contextual and is required to be given expansiv…
J. Sekar @sekar Reddy vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 5 May 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 698 : 2022 INSC 519
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002: ss. 3 and 4 – On facts, seizure of large amount of currency notes and gold from the appellant – Registration of FIR against the appellant under the provisions of PMLA in addition…
Opto Circuit India Ltd. vs Axis Bank & Ors.
SC · 3 February 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 81 : 2021 INSC 56
Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 – s.17, 2(v) and s.2(w) – The Directorate of Enforcement initiated the proceedings against the appellant under PMLA – In the said process the Deputy Director, Directorate of Enfor…
P. Chidambaram vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 5 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 172 : 2019 INSC 1010
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – ss.3 and 4 – Production of Documents in a sealed cover for custodial interrogation – Prosecution alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance gi…

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