"Weapon Against Rs 100 Cases": Chief Justice Warns Agency On Law Dilution
NDTV
"You are diluting the Act (Prevention of Money Laundering Act). Not just this case. If you start using it as a weapon against 10,000 rupees case and 100 rupees case, what will happen?" Chief Justice NC Ramana said
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana warned the Enforcement Directorate today against "indiscriminate" use of the law to control money laundering, saying the law will lose its edge. Remarking that the law is currently being used as a weapon even in cases where small amounts of money are involved, the Chief Justice said, "You can't put all people behind bars. You have to use it reasonably".
"You are diluting the Act (Prevention of Money Laundering Act). Not just this case. If you start using it as a weapon against 10,000 rupees case and 100 rupees case, what will happen?" Justice Ramana said while hearing a case on PMLA.
"If you want to use it in every case, it doesn't work. This is not the way it works," Chief Justice Ramana said addressing Additional Solicitor General SV Raju.
"If you (ED) indiscriminately use PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), it will lose its relevance," added Justice AS Bopanna.
