Delhi High Court PMLA Digest 2025

'Not A Minor Offence, Part Of Crime Syndicate': Delhi HC Denies Bail To PMLA Accused Booked For Supplying Spurious Anti-Cancer MedicinesCase title: Lovee Narula vs.Directorate Of EnforcementCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 115The Delhi High Court has denied bail to an accused/applicant booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) for his alleged involvement in the illegal procurement of empty vials and raw materials of anti-cancer drugs.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh in his order said, "In the present case, the applicant has not been charged for some minor offence that has simple economic ramifications, rather he has been charged for supplying and selling of spurious life saving anti-cancer medicines and that he is part of an established crime syndicate. This factual position does not satisfy the consciousness of this Court and there are considerable reasons to believe that there is likelihood that the applicant might commit offence while on bail as the applicant does not have clean criminal antecedents. Thus, the said argument stands rejected".Delhi High Court Quashes PMLA Proceedings Against BPSL In ₹47,000 Crore Bank Fraud Case Due To Successful CIRPCase title: Bhushan Power & Steel Limited vs. Union Of India & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 146The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL) in relation to a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in view of Section 32A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Christian Michel Booked By ED In AgustaWestland Chopper ScamCase Title: Christian Michel James v. EDCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 273The Delhi High Court has granted bail to British Arms Counsultant Christian James Michel in the FIR registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam.S.45 PMLA | Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Unitech Founder Ramesh Chandra In Money Laundering Case On Account Of 'Age-Related Infirmities'Title: RAMESH CHANDRA v. THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 350The Delhi High Court granted bail to 86-year-old founder of Unitech Group Ramesh Chandra, in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Delhi High Court Asks Trial Court To Defer Arguments On Charge In Money Laundering Cases Against Karti ChidambaramTitle: KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM v. ED & other connected matterCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 440The Delhi High Court has asked the trial court to defer arguments on charge in the money laundering cases related to Chinese visa and Aircel Maxis cases registered against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram.AgustaWestland Scam: Delhi High Court Modifies Christian Michel's Bail Conditions In ED CaseCase Title: Christian Michel James v. EDCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 600The Delhi High Court modified the bail condition imposed on British Arms Counsultant Christian James Michel in the FIR registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam.S.45 PMLA | Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Money Laundering Accused On Ground Of Illness Of Family MemberCase title: Lovee Narula v. EDCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 686The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 to attend to his critically ill mother and to make necessary arrangements for her continued medical treatment.Though the Enforcement Directorate submitted that the ground of illness of a family member of the accused is not available under Section 45 of PMLA, Justice Tejas Karia granted the relief on humanitarian grounds.Jurisdiction Of Arbitral Tribunal Continues Despite Provisional Attachment Of Assets Under PMLA Or Parallel Proceedings: Delhi High CourtCase Title: LATA YADAV versus SHIVAKRITI AGRO PVT. LTD & ORS.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 696The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Amit Mahajan has held that the mere reference to certain assets in a provisional attachment order does not, by itself, oust the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal. Similarly, the pendency of parallel investigations by the CBI or ED into allegations of fraud does not bar the arbitrator from adjudicating the dispute. Arbitration proceedings can continue independently, even when some aspects of the subject matter are under criminal investigation.Delhi High Court Dismisses Bollywood Actor Jacqueline Fernandez's Plea To Quash Rs. 200 Crore Money Laundering CaseTitle: JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ v. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENTCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 742The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea moved by Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez seeking quashing of Rs. 200 crores money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.Justice Anish Dayal said that her apprehension that any evidence would be self-incriminating cannot lead to quashing of the ECIR as statutory and constitutional protections are ...

Delhi High Court PMLA Digest 2025

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