S K Sarvaria is a former District and Sessions Judge, New Delhi and is presently serving as the President of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in New Delhi. After graduating from the Delhi University, he persued his LL.B. course and also got selected with the Delhi Judicial Services in 1980. While acting as a judge, he presided over different courts including those of the Court of District Judge, Court of Sessions, Labour Court, the Registrar's Court in the High Court of Delhi and Rent Control Tribunal. S K Sarvaria developed an interest in writing and editing law books during his post-graduation in law itself. Since 1998, he has already authored more than 20 titles on different subjects ranging from commentaries on Code of Civil Procedure Code, Indian Penal Code, different insurance laws, Indian Registration Act, Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act, Negotiable Instruments Act and Notaries Act, to name a few. He has also contributed to the work of Halsbury's Laws of India in Criminal Procedure and the work of Halsbury's Annotated Statutes of India (HASI) in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. Since his retirement in 2013, Mr Sarvaria has been taking up arbitration assignments in matters relating to different kinds of contracts.
Commentary on The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act is an in-depth analysis of Prevention of Money-laundering Act 2002 (PMLA) which was enacted to prevent economic offences and white collar crimes. Vital amendments in the legislation relating to the Act have been covered extensively in this book. The book has an exhaustive collection of important judgments rendered by the Apex Court and various High Courts. The book lists out various offences constituted under related acts such as Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act 2015 and Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976. This book is a boon not only for Judges, Advocates and students but also bankers and police personnel to control the persons having tendency to commit scheduled offences listed under this Act.
