Thread by @LawBeatInd

#DelhiHighCourt to hear for final disposal plea by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti challenging the vires of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

@MehboobaMufti #PMLA

Adv Nitya Ramakrishnan appears for @MehboobaMufti

Ramakrishnan- The UOI has filed an affidavit this morning where issues going on in Supreme Court is cited.

SGI Tushar Mehta- One of the issue is sec 50 of the PMLA . Now the matter is assigned to a special bench and now one of the question is the leaglity of section 50 of the PMLA. They raised this issue before the Supreme Court.

Mehta- The point is that interpretation of section 50 is pending before a a three judge bench of the Supreme Court and we want to avoid duplication.

Ramakrishnan- we can move an application after the Supreme court decides

Bench- Do you want to move a transfer petition?

ASG SV Raju- The interpretation of section 50 is important here.

ASG Raju-The supreme court has said in DK Trivedi has held that when a matter is pending before the Supreme Court then the High Court may not lay its hands on it.

Court adjourns matter till September 30 after SGI Mehta submits that a transfer petition will be filed in the Supreme Court

@MehboobaMufti #DelhiHighCourt