Supreme Court: ED must get Court nod to arrest PMLA accused who respond to summons
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has declared that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) cannot arrest an individual who responds to a special court summons in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) complaint without first obtaining permission from the court. Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, presiding over the bench, further asserted that if an accused voluntarily appears before the special court following a summons issued by that court, they are not obliged to fulfill the stringent bail conditions outlined in Section 45 of the PMLA.
