India, May 8 -- Petitioners seeking review of the 2022 judgment upholding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Enforcement Directorate's powers to arrest and attach property of the accused were directed by the Supreme Court to submit the issues on which they seek reconsideration by July 16 in consultation with the Centre.

A recently constituted bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a batch of petitions questioning various provisions of the PMLA.

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the Centre, said the hearing on the review petitions cannot go beyond the two specific issues - depriving an accused person a copy of the enforcement case information report (ECIR) and shifting of the...