Understanding PMLA & White-Collar Crime Defense
Financial crime defense requires navigating complex statutory regimes like PMLA 2002, ED proceedings, CBI investigations, and SFIO corporate fraud inquiries.
PMLA 2002 & PC Act
Key governing legal statutes and judicial procedure rules.
Special PMLA Court, High Court & SC
Competent court jurisdiction for filing petitions and seeking emergency stay.
Specialized Economic Offense Advocacy
End-to-end petition drafting, e-filing, and oral argument presentation.
Legal Grounds Specific to PMLA & White-Collar Crime Defense
Absence of Predicate Offense
PMLA proceedings cannot standalone if scheduled/predicate offense is quashed or acquitted by trial court.
Section 45 Twin Conditions Compliance
Meeting statutory bail test by proving prima facie innocence and no likelihood of offense while on bail.
Section 5 Provisional Attachment Challenge
Challenging ED property attachment before Adjudicating Authority and Appellate Tribunal.
Step-by-Step Litigation Procedure for PMLA & White-Collar Crime Defense
ED Summons Response & Safeguards
Filing legal reply to Section 50 PMLA summons and seeking non-coercive protection.
PMLA Special Court Bail Drafting
Drafting bail petition addressing twin conditions and absence of proceeds of crime.
Appellate Challenge in High Court / SC
Filing Writ or SLP challenging ECIR or arrest validity.
Supreme Court & High Court Rulings for PMLA & White-Collar Crime Defense
Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India
"Clarified PMLA provisions, holding ED is not a police officer and ECIR is an internal document."
Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India
"ED must furnish grounds of arrest in writing to the accused at the time of arrest; failure vitiates arrest."
Other Practice Areas in Criminal Law & Trial Defense
Bail Advocacy (Regular & Anticipatory)
Urgent filing and representation for Anticipatory Bail (Sec 438 CrPC / BNSS) and Regular Bail (Sec 439 CrPC / BNSS).
FIR Quashing (Sec 482 / Sec 528 BNSS)
Quashing frivolous or malicious FIRs, charge-sheets, and criminal proceedings in High Courts.
Criminal Appeals & Revisions
Appellate defense against conviction, sentence suspension applications, and criminal SLPs in Apex Court.
Require legal representation in PMLA & White-Collar Crime Defense?
Consult Advocate Tushar Garg (Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India) for expert opinion, drafting, urgent stay motions, and court advocacy.