https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158396 A procedural amendment shifting specified Foreign Exchange Regulation Act contraventions from trial by Magistrate to adjudication by the Director of Enforcement was treated as applying to pending alleged past contraventions, because no person has a vested right to be tried by a particular court or under a particular procedure. The absence of an express retrospective clause did not matter for this procedural change, and no criminal appellate right was displaced. The amended penalty provision also did not violate Article 20(1), as it was construed as prescribing only a maximum penalty and not increasing punishment beyond the earlier law. The High Court's quashing order was set aside and the writ petition dismissed. en-us Wed, 06 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158396 A procedural amendment shifting specified Foreign Exchange Regulation Act contraventions from trial by Magistrate to adjudication by the Director of Enforcement was treated as applying to pending alleged past contraventions, because no person has a vested right to be tried by a particular court or under a particular procedure. The absence of an express retrospective clause did not matter for this procedural change, and no criminal appellate right was displaced. The amended penalty provision also did not violate Article 20(1), as it was construed as prescribing only a maximum penalty and not increasing punishment beyond the earlier law. The High Court's quashing order was set aside and the writ petition dismissed. Case-Laws FEMA Wed, 06 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158396