Supreme Court of India
P. Chidambaram v. Directorate of Enforcement
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What the Court ordered
Held as under:- P. CHIDAMBARAM v . DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT [R. BANUMATHI, J.] 210 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 12 S.C.R. “.
Judgment, page 38
From the headnote
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – ss.3 and 4 – Production of Documents in a sealed cover for custodial inter rogation – Pr osecution alleged ir regularities in For eign Investment Pr omotion Boar d (FIPB) clearance given to a company for receiving foreign investment to the tune of Rs.305 cr ores against approved inflow of Rs.4.62 cr ores – Appellant was the then finance minister – CBI r egister ed FIR against the appellant and other accused persons u/s.120 IPC r/w . s.420 IPC, s.8 and s.13(2) r/w . s.13(1)(d) of the Pr evention of Cor ruption Act, 1988 – Enfor cement Directorate also
Authorities it was built on
- 1980 Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc. v. State of Punjab
- 2010 Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- 2007 Tax Recovery Officer, Central Range-1 v. Custodian Appointed Under the Special Court (trial of Offences Relating to Transaction in Securities) Act, 1992
- 2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
- 1991 State of Bihar Etc. Etc. v. P.P. Sharma, Ias and Anr.
- 1995 State of M.P. and Anr. v. Ram Kishna Balothia and Anr.
- 1979 State of Bihar and Anr v. J.A.C. Saldanha and Ors.
- 1991 Malkiat Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab
- 2008 Divine Retreat Centre v. State of Kerala & Ors.
- 2017 Nikesh Tarachand Shah v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2005 Adri Dharan Das v. State of West Bengal
- 2002 M.C. Abraham and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 1987 State of Gujarat v. Mohanlal Jitamalji Porwal & Anr.
- 1997 State Rep. by C.B.I. v. Anilsharma
- 1997 Dukhishyam Benupani, Asstt. Director, Enforcement Directorate (fera) v. Arun Kumar Bajoria
- 2012 Jai Prakash Singh v. The State of Bihar & Anr. Etc.
- 2017 Balakram v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.
- 1988 Mukund Lal & Anr. v. Union of India.& Anr.
- 2005 Sidharth Etc. Etc. v. State of Bihar
- 2017 Santosh S/o Dwarkadas Fafat v. The State of Maharashtra
- 1997 Director of Enforcement and Anr. v. P.V. Prabhakar Rao
- 1997 R.K. Krishna Kumar v. State of Assam and Ors.
- 2015 Sudhir v. The State of Maharashtra and Another
- 1998 Directorate of Enforcement v. Ashok Kumar Jain and Vice Versa
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 The Directorate of Enforcement v. M. Gopal Reddy & Anr
- 2021 Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- 2020 Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2025 Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. Aditya Sarda
- 2024 Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement
- 2023 Sri Gulam Mustafa v. The State of Karnataka & Anr.
- 2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to
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