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2015 (1) TMI 883

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..... s the Officials for contravention of Section 6(4), 6(5) read with Section 49 of FERA, alleging that it had taken place with the consent, connivance of and attributable to the negligence on the part of the Officials. It is true that the respondent by letter dated 10.7.2001 ordered that the charges relating to ‘consent’ and ‘connivance’ shall stand deleted from the Show Cause Notice. Though FEMA came into force on 1.6.2000, Sunset clause under Section 49 of the said Act provided for filing of complaints under the FERA, 1973 till 31.5.2002. Taking advantage of it, the Respondent No.1 issued Opportunity Notice to all the three officials on 12.5.2002 and lodged the complaint on 29.5.2002. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi, .....

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..... aneous Case No.5096/2006, whereby the High Court dismissed the petition seeking to quash the complaint filed under Section 56 of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973. 3. The first respondent herein issued Show Cause Notice dated 21.01.1994 under Section 51 of FERA, 1973 against ANZ Grindlays Bank, the Account Holder and three bank officials for having credited Non-convertible Rupee Funds of ₹ 1,15,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore and Fifteen Lakhs only) during the period August to December, 1991 received from Moscow, into the Non-Resident (External) Account of Dr. P.K. Ramakrishnan in contravention of Section 6(4), 6(5) read with Section 49 of FERA, alleging that it had taken place with the consent, connivance of and attributable to the .....

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..... in the commission of the said offence. The said order is under challenge before us. 5. Mr. C.A.Sundaram, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant, strenuously contended that the allegations of consent and connivance had been dropped by the respondent vide letter dated 10.7.2001, despite so, complaint was lodged on the allegations of consent, connivance and negligence on the part of the officials of the Bank suppressing the facts and the respondent is guilty of suppressio veri and suppressio facto and on this ground itself, the complaint is liable to be quashed. It is his further contention that the complaint pertains to the allegations of consent, connivance and negligence on the part of the officials for having credited Non-c .....

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..... , 6(5) read with Section 49 of FERA, alleging that it had taken place with the consent, connivance of and attributable to the negligence on the part of the Officials. It is true that the respondent by letter dated 10.7.2001 ordered that the charges relating to consent and connivance shall stand deleted from the Show Cause Notice. Though FEMA came into force on 1.6.2000, Sunset clause under Section 49 of the said Act provided for filing of complaints under the FERA, 1973 till 31.5.2002. Taking advantage of it, the Respondent No.1 issued Opportunity Notice to all the three officials on 12.5.2002 and lodged the complaint on 29.5.2002. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi, on the same day took cognizance of the complaint .....

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