SC defers to Nov 27 hearing on pleas seeking reconsideration of 2022 PMLA verdict

The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to November 27 the hearing on the question whether its 2022 verdict upholding the Enforcement Directorate’s powers to arrest and attach property under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act required any reconsideration.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Surya Kant was informed by a lawyer that senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, was not available today.

“This is what happens. When we list, somebody is not available,” the bench said.

The request of adjournment was not opposed by the ED’s counsel.

The court was hearing a batch of pleas seeking reconsideration of the July 27, 2022, verdict of a three-judge bench on certain parameters.

In its 2022 verdict, the Supreme Court had upheld the ED’s powers of arrest and attachment of property involved in money laundering, search and seizure under the PMLA.