ED, CBI and Economic Offences: blogs and guides
16 guides on ed, cbi and economic offences, written for people dealing with the problem now.
ED Summons Under Section 50 PMLA: How to Prepare
What a section 50 PMLA summons means, how to check it is genuine, what to carry, how statements are recorded and how to lower the risk of arrest.
PMLA Bail and the Twin Conditions of Section 45
How courts apply the twin conditions of section 45 PMLA, the exceptions in the provisos, default bail, Tarsem Lal and long custody, and what a bail application needs.
Challenging an ED Provisional Attachment Order
How a provisional attachment under section 5 PMLA works, the 180 day clock, replying to the Adjudicating Authority, appeals to the Appellate Tribunal, and when a writ helps.
ECIR: What It Is and Whether You Can Get a Copy
What an Enforcement Case Information Report is, how it differs from an FIR, why the ED does not hand it over, and the lawful ways to learn what it contains.
ED Search and Seizure: Your Rights During a Raid
What the Enforcement Directorate can and cannot do when it searches your home or office under the PMLA, and how to protect yourself during and after the raid.
FEMA Show Cause Notice: Adjudication and Penalties
How FEMA adjudication works after a show cause notice from the Enforcement Directorate: the penalty range, the reply, compounding, the hearing and the appeal ladder.
CBI Notice for Questioning: What to Expect
What a CBI notice under the BNSS means, whether you must go, what happens at the CBI office, your right to stay silent, and when to seek anticipatory bail.
Disproportionate Assets Case Against a Public Servant
How a disproportionate assets case under section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act is built, how the figures are calculated, and how to answer it.
Trap Cases Under the Prevention of Corruption Act
How a bribery trap is laid under the Prevention of Corruption Act, what the prosecution must prove, bail, sanction, and what the accused and the complainant should do next.
Cheating and Criminal Breach of Trust Under the BNS
What Sections 316 and 318 BNS actually require, how cheating differs from criminal breach of trust and from a civil dispute, the punishments, and how complainants and accused should act.
Economic Offences Wing Delhi: Filing and Facing a Complaint
How the Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing takes up fraud complaints, how its enquiry and investigation run, and what complainants and the people named should do at each stage.
SFIO Investigation: What Directors and Officers Should Know
A practical note for directors, KMP and officers facing an SFIO investigation: how it starts, summons and examination, documents, arrest under Section 212(8), bail and prosecution.
GST Summons and Arrest: Your Rights and Bail
What to do when GST officers summon you under section 70, when they can arrest under section 69, and how anticipatory and regular bail work in GST cases.
Income Tax Prosecution and Compounding of Offences
How income tax prosecution works after the Income-tax Act 2025 and the 2026 changes: the offences, sanction, trial, defences, and compounding under the CBDT guidelines.
Forgery and Fabricated Documents: Complaint and Defence
Forgery under the BNS: what makes a document false, where to complain, the rule for documents filed in court, how forgery is proved, and defences.
Ponzi and Chit Fund Fraud: How Investors Can Recover
How investors in a collapsed Ponzi, deposit or chit fund scheme can recover money: the BUDS Act claim process, police complaints, SEBI, ED restitution and civil remedies.