on 5th July, 2019. However, in this appeal certain blatant illegalities have been committed which needs to be recorded. It is seen that on 7th March, 2019 the stay granted by me earlier was vacated. It has been brought to my notice that the appellant immediately the same day approached the Bench of Shri Manmohan Singh, who was also sitting as single member bench that day and again pleaded for the stay although it was not listed before that bench. The stay was granted by the single member bench of Shri Manmohan Singh. This is inspite of the fact that no review petition was filed by appellant against my order dated 7th March, 2019. This is inspite of the fact that the appeal was marked to my Bench since its inception and all along was heard by my bench. Shri Manmohan Singh in blatant violation of all laws and legal procedure, even where the laws give him no such power/authority to overrule another Bench’s order, unabashedly gives stay of the impugned order/notices thereby benefiting the appellant and notwithstanding that the same had been vacated by me on the same day a few moments earlier. It is pertinent to note here that as per Section 2(O) of PMLA, 2002 ‘ Member’ includes the ‘Chairperson’ and hence the chairperson is only a member for exercise of his judicial powers.
