A special court here Saturday directed Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to appoint an officer to investigate if the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be slapped on alleged money launderer and tax evader Hasan Ali Khan. The order was given after the court heard a petition of Mumbai-based social activist I.G. [ Read More ]
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High-level committee to trail money launderingThe central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a multi-disciplinary committee, comprising top officials of different departments, to oversee and coordinate investigations into cases of money laundering and stashing black money in tax havens. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar was told that [ Read More ] Don’t politicise black money case: Apex courtThe Supreme Court on Friday asked all the contending parties in the black money case to refrain from politicizing the issue which was of larger national interest. An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar said this after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that the conversation between Maharashtra [ Read More ] Not enough being done to trace money trail abroad: Apex courtThe Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the central government for not doing enough to trace the sources of money stashed by multi-billion tax evader Hasan Ali Khan and others in foreign banks based in tax havens. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S, Nijjar said: “No consistent efforts have been made [ Read More ] ‘Consider special team to probe black money abroad’The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to consider the option of setting up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the black money stashed away by Indian citizens in foreign banks. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniun to get back with [ Read More ] Right to education law, spectrum scam top apex court’s agendaA suit challenging the right to education law, the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam and the black money stashed away by Indians abroad will figure prominently in the Supreme Court this week. A request to transfer the investigation into Gujarat’s Tulsiram Prajapati shootout killing case from the police to the Central Bureau of Investigation [ Read More ] Hasan Ali Khan granted bail; court slams Enforcement DirectorateA Mumbai sessions court Friday granted conditional bail to stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing nearly $8 billion abroad, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to establish any case against him and criticised the agency for lack of preparedness. Justice M.L. Tahilyani, rejecting the ED’s plea for Khan’s custodial interrogation, observed [ Read More ] Hasan Ali Khan’s custody extended by a dayHasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing away nearly $8 billion abroad, was on Thursday remanded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for another day and claimed that the agency was trying to ‘fix’ him. This is the third time in a row that Principal Sessions Judge M.L. Tahaliyani has given ED the custody of Khan [ Read More ] |
