Supreme Court of India

Opto Circuit India Ltd. v. Axis Bank & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 81
Bench S.A. Bobde, A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 3 February 2021

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Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 – s.17, 2(v) and s.2(w) – The Directorate of Enforcement initiated the proceedings against the appellant under PMLA – In the said process the Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement through the co mmunication dated 15.05.2020 addressed to the Anti Money-Launderi ng (AML) Officer of Respondents No.1 to 3 Banks instructed t hem that the accounts maintained by the appellant company be ‘de bit freezed/ stop operations’ – Aggrieved, the appellant filed wr it petition and sought to quash the communication dated 15.05.2020 issued for debit freezing the

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