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1975 (3) TMI 59 - SC - FEMAWhether section 23(1A) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 violates article 14 of the Constitution? Held that:- We do not think that there is any merit in the contention that the classification made in section 23(1A) is discriminatory. Even according to the respondents, it is the classification made in section 23(1)(a) which is under-inclusive and is, therefore, unreasonable. If this court were to declare that the classification made in section 23(1)(a) is under-inclusive and, therefore, unreasonable, the result would be that contraventions of the provisions specified in section 23(1)(a) would also fall within section 23(1A) and would have to be dealt with by the criminal court—a consummation which the respondents devotedly want to avoid. We do not think that the High Court was right in holding that section 23(1A) was bad. Appeal allowed.
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