https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173459 Adjudication and criminal prosecution under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act were treated as independent remedies, so a pending appeal against an adjudication order did not bar a criminal complaint. Section 56 was construed as extending penal liability to contraventions of the Act generally, making a prosecution for breach of Section 9(1)(b) maintainable. The challenge based on irrelevant considerations, alleged unequal treatment, and lack of a fresh pre-complaint opportunity under Section 61(2) also failed because prior notice in the adjudication process was sufficient before cognizance, and differing treatment in another matter did not establish arbitrariness. en-us Fri, 24 Feb 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173459 Adjudication and criminal prosecution under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act were treated as independent remedies, so a pending appeal against an adjudication order did not bar a criminal complaint. Section 56 was construed as extending penal liability to contraventions of the Act generally, making a prosecution for breach of Section 9(1)(b) maintainable. The challenge based on irrelevant considerations, alleged unequal treatment, and lack of a fresh pre-complaint opportunity under Section 61(2) also failed because prior notice in the adjudication process was sufficient before cognizance, and differing treatment in another matter did not establish arbitrariness. Case-Laws FEMA Fri, 24 Feb 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173459