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The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a fillip to the right to personal liberty by holding that a person summoned by a designated special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is presumed to be not in custody and need not apply for bail under the draconian conditions posed by the anti-money laundering law. If the accused appears before the special court pursuant to a summons, it cannot be treated that he is in custody. Therefore, it is not necessary for the accused to apply for bail,” a Bench of Justices A.S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan held in a judgment. The judgment limits the power of arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) after a special court takes cognizance of a case. The Bench said the ED would have to separately apply for the custody of a person once he appears in court. The Central agency would have to show specific grounds that necessitated custodial interrogation, said Justice Oka, who wrote the judgment. The judgment was based on an appeal filed by Tarsem Lal against the ED challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court denying him anticipatory bail. In its judgment, the top court said the ED would have to separately apply for the custody of a person who appears in court. The Central agency would have to show specific grounds that necessitated custody. “If the ED wants custody after the person appears after summons, the ED can get custody after application to the special court. The court will only grant custody with reasons satisfying that custodial interrogation is needed,” Justice Oka wrote, protecting the right to liberty. ************************************************************************* 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐧𝐨𝐰 : IOS: https://drishti.xyz/DLA-IOS Android : https://drishti.xyz/DLA-Android Windows : https://drishti.xyz/DLA-Windows ************************************************************************* GS फाउंडेशन लाइव ऑनलाइन कोर्स में नामांकन के लिये इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/gs-foundation-bat... NCERT कोर्स में नामांकन के लिये इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/ncert-courses हिंदी साहित्य (ऑनलाइन/पेन ड्राइव कोर्स) में नामांकन के लिये इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/hindi-literature-... एथिक्स (जी.एस. पेपर-4) (ऑनलाइन / पेन ड्राइव कोर्स) में नामांकन के लिये इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/ethics-online-sd-... NTA/ UGC-NET पेपर-1 कोर्स में नामांकन के लिये इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/nta-ugc-net-paper-1 =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 👉 For 𝐟𝐞𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 of this course visit this link: https://drishti.xyz/hindi-online-course or download the 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩. 👉 हमारे सभी सेंटरों से जुड़ने के लिए यहाँ पर क्लिक करें : https://drishti.xyz/Classroom-Program 👉 𝐓𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 about this 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐌𝐒 "𝐆𝐒" on this number: 𝟗𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟔𝟒𝟒𝟐 =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬): 👉 For 𝐟𝐞𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 of 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 (Hindi Literature and other courses): https://drishti.xyz/online-pendrive-c... =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 👉 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 की पुस्तकें (संपूर्ण सेट एक साथ) खरीदने के लिये निम्नलिखित लिंक्स का प्रयोग करें: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://drishti.xyz/drishti-estore 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧: https://drishti.xyz/Drishti-Six-Preli... 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐭: https://drishti.xyz/Books-6-combo-fli... =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 👉 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 की पुस्तकें (संपूर्ण सेट एक साथ) खरीदने के लिये निम्नलिखित लिंक्स का प्रयोग करें: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://drishti.xyz/drishti-estore 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧: https://drishti.xyz/Quick-Book-Series... 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐭: https://drishti.xyz/Quick-8-Book-Seri... =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 👉 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 की पुस्तकें खरीदने के लिये निम्नलिखित लिंक्स का प्रयोग करें: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://drishti.xyz/drishti-estore 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧: https://drishti.xyz/Mains-Capsule-5-B... 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐭: https://drishti.xyz/drishti-ias-mains... =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 👉 𝐑𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 की पुस्तकें खरीदने के लिये निम्नलिखित लिंक्स का प्रयोग करें: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐢 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://drishti.xyz/drishti-estore 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐭: https://drishti.xyz/RAS-combo-8-books... 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧: https://drishti.xyz/RAS-combo-8-books... =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 : https://drishti.xyz/SocialMedia-YT =̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵=̵ #whysupremecourtlimitsedspower #upsc #currentaffairs #drishtiias