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SC warns against 'rich accused' assailing law
The New Indian Express Kollam
|January 07, 2026
NOTING that the trend of rich accused challenging the validity of law must stop, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of a lawyer facing money laundering charges in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal challenging the validity of a provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
"Just because I am rich, I will challenge the validity of the law ... this practice must stop," observed the two-judge bench headed by Chief Ju
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Kollam.
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