Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Chidambaram Painted as ‘Kingpin’ of Offence That Didn’t Exist in 2007, Singhvi Tells SC
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was applying the money laundering law retrospectively against former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. Singhvi’s argument Appearing for Chidambaram, who has sought anticipatory bail in the ED case, Singhvi said the alleged offence went back to 2007-08, whereas the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) only took effect in 2009. The ED had nevertheless invoked them, he argued. “You try and paint a person as aRead More