Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)

1- Legal advisory with respect to clarity on compliance of legal provisions contained under PMLA about ‘proceeds of crime’ as per section 2(1)(u), and attachment of the properties derived from           such ‘proceeds of crime’ as per section 5 or any prosecution u/s 3 r.w. sections 44 and 45 of PMLA.

2- Legal advisory on representation and handling of investigation carried out by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the PMLA, including legal rights and obligations of the witnesses while recording of their statements under section 50 of PMLA.

3- Proceedings w.r.t. Attachment of Properties by the ED:

  • Preparation, Drafting of Replies, other Pleadings and Representation before the Adjudicating Authority (under PMLA), New Delhi.
  • Preparation and Drafting of the Appeals against the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority and its Representation before the Appellate Tribunal (under PMLA), New Delhi.
  • Preparation, Drafting, Filing and Representation of WRITs/ Appeals/ Special Leave Petitions before the High Courts and Supreme Court of India.

4- Proceedings with respect to Launching of Prosecution and Filing of the Complaint under PMLA as well as Trial of the Scheduled Offences:

  • Legal Advisory and Representation for Trial before the designated Special Courts.
  • Preparation, Drafting and Representation of Regular and Anticipatory Bail Petitions before Special Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court.
  • Preparation, Drafting and Representation of Criminal Revision Petitions and Appeals before High Courts and Supreme Court.

5- Legal Advisory to Bonafide Buyer / claimants/ interested parties and other such persons and representation of their cases before the appropriate forums whose properties have been attached u/s 5 or freezed u/s 17 of PMLA without their being involved in the offence of m laundering.

6- AML Audits for Financial Institutions and other entities.