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HC puts PMLA authority on notice for action on Akash in Tasmac case
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|October 18, 2025
THE Madras High Court on Friday issued statutory notice to the PMLA Adjudicating Authority for issuing summons to film producer Akash Baskaran by disobeying the interim orders of the court staying all further proceedings initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the raids on his premises linked to the alleged Tasmac scam.
A division bench of justices MS Ramesh and V Lakshminarayanan, while issuing the statutory notice requiring the presence of the chairperson and the registrar of the adjudicating authority on November 11, 2025, expressed reservations over the way the summons were issued to Akash Baskaran asking him to appear before the authority for final hearing.
This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Dharmapuri.
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