TNN / Updated: Apr 11, 2024, 01:35 IST
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Supreme Court stays trial in money laundering case against Santiago Martin. ED defers PMLA hearing till predicate offence disposal by CBI. Question raised for court’s examination on precedence between predicate offence and PMLA trial.
NEW DELHI:
Supreme Court
on Wednesday stayed the trial in a money laundering case against
lottery king Santiago Martin
and issued notice to ED on his plea that PMLA hearing be deferred till the disposal of
predicate offence
registered against him by CBI.
A bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the interim order and sought response of the agency on his plea.
ED had booked him in a money laundering case based on a case filed by CBI in which he was booked under various provisions of Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as the Lotteries (Regulation) Act.
Martin in his petition raised a question for court’s examination whether the trial of a predicate offence, which is the basis to trigger money laundering case, should take precedence over the trial in the PMLA case.
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