Criminal Law

The Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings against a company cannot be quashed merely because no natural person acting for it has been identified or arraigned. Allegations must prima facie reveal that a natural person acted on behalf of the company and that the surrounding circumstances do not render the existence of the requisite mens rea patently absurd or inherently improbable.

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The Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings against a company cannot be quashed merely because no natural person acting for it has been identified or arraigned. Allegations must prima facie reveal that a natural person acted on behalf of the company and that the surrounding circumstances do not render the existence of the requisite mens rea patently absurd or inherently improbable.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently examined whether women accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act can claim automatic bail relief under the statutory exemption from twin conditions.

The Guidelines prepared by an Expert Committee of the National Judicial Academy (hereinafter referred to as NJA) under former Supreme Court Justice Aniruddha Bose, replace patriarchal, moralistic and stereotypical language with survivor-centric, trauma-informed practices across FIR registration, trial management, cross examination and judgement writing.

The Calcutta High Court, in Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited v. Enforcement Directorate, Government of India, CRR 1145 of 2024, examined the circumstances in which a person against whom no case was made out in the scheduled offence could nevertheless be proceeded against under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”). The Court quashed the PMLA proceedings against Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited (“LDC”), principally finding that the material collected by the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) did not establish the requisite connection between LDC and the alleged proceeds of crime.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently examined whether women accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act can claim automatic bail relief under the statutory exemption from twin conditions.

A critical issue that has arisen in recent jurisprudence is whether, and to what extent, the NCLT can examine allegations of fraud in the insolvency process. While the IBC aims at swift resolution, the presence of fraudulent intent in initiating or conducting insolvency proceedings challenges this efficiency