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Quashing PMLA Cognizance, Discharge Rejection or Charge Order under High Court Inherent Jurisdiction: Section 528 BNSS / Section 482 CrPC, Predicate-Offence Collapse & Abuse of Pro

The High Court’s inherent jurisdiction can provide a real remedy against a PMLA cognizance order, rejection of discharge or framing of charge—but only within narrow limits. Section 528 BNSS, and Section 482 CrPC where the old Code remains applicable, are not substitutes for trial or unrestricted second revisions. The strongest PMLA quashing grounds are legal and foundational: the complaint taken at face value does not disclose a Section 3 ingredient; the alleged property cannot legally constitute proceeds of crime on the prosecution’s own chronology; the scheduled-offence foundation has been e

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Quashing PMLA Cognizance, Discharge Rejection or Charge Order under High Court Inherent Jurisdiction: Section 528 BNSS / Section 482 CrPC, Predicate-Offence Collapse & Abuse of Pro

The High Court’s inherent jurisdiction can provide a real remedy against a PMLA cognizance order, rejection of discharge or framing of charge—but only within narrow limits. Section 528 BNSS, and Section 482 CrPC where the old Code remains applicable, are not substitutes for trial or unrestricted second revisions. The strongest PMLA quashing grounds are legal and foundational: the complaint taken at face value does not disclose a Section 3 ingredient; the alleged property cannot legally constitute proceeds of crime on the prosecution’s own chronology; the scheduled-offence foundation has been e

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