CourtSupreme Court of India
Decision3 October 2023
CollectionCriminal & White-Collar
FormatCRUX Case Note
The Crux
The power to arrest under the PMLA carries procedural safeguards that must be meaningfully observed; an arrestee must be enabled to know the grounds on which liberty is taken away.
What the Court held
The Supreme Court scrutinised arrests under Section 19 of the PMLA and the manner in which grounds of arrest were communicated, setting aside the arrests before it.
Why it matters
The decision is critical in enforcement matters involving arrest, remand, procedural compliance and the judicial review of coercive investigative power.
CRUX practice note
This note isolates the proposition most likely to matter in practice. The precise ratio, factual limits and subsequent treatment of the authority should always be checked against the judgment itself before professional reliance.
Official source
The link below is to the Supreme Court of India’s official website or judgment repository.
Official Supreme Court source
Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India & Ors. — official court source
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