Supreme Court stays money-laundering trial against lottery tycoon Santiago Martin

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial proceedings against lottery tycoon Santiago Martin in an alleged money-laundering case on a technicality, PTI reported.

The trial is pending before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Kerala’s Ernakulam city.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate and sought its response to a petition filed by Martin, according to Live Law.