https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175157 The West Bengal Forest Act created a self-contained confiscation scheme for seized forest produce and vehicles, with notice, hearing, appeal, finality and an express bar on jurisdiction. Once confiscation proceedings were initiated, the bar in Section 59-G excluded criminal courts and other fora from dealing with custody, possession, delivery, disposal or distribution of the seized property. The High Court therefore could not use its inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to order interim release, because that power applies only to proceedings before a criminal court and cannot override the special statutory bar. Relief had to be sought within the confiscation scheme, subject to judicial review where available. en-us Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175157 The West Bengal Forest Act created a self-contained confiscation scheme for seized forest produce and vehicles, with notice, hearing, appeal, finality and an express bar on jurisdiction. Once confiscation proceedings were initiated, the bar in Section 59-G excluded criminal courts and other fora from dealing with custody, possession, delivery, disposal or distribution of the seized property. The High Court therefore could not use its inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to order interim release, because that power applies only to proceedings before a criminal court and cannot override the special statutory bar. Relief had to be sought within the confiscation scheme, subject to judicial review where available. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175157