https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190572 Forfeiture of a relative's property under the forfeiture law cannot stand unless the competent authority first has material giving rise to a reason to believe that the property is illegally acquired and linked to the detenu's prohibited activity. The burden on the affected person under the evidence provision arises only after that threshold is met. Where the house property was acquired years before the earliest alleged illegal activity and no connecting link or nexus was shown, the property could not be treated as liable to forfeiture. The notice, the competent authority's order, and the appellate order were quashed to that extent. en-us Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:38:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190572 Forfeiture of a relative's property under the forfeiture law cannot stand unless the competent authority first has material giving rise to a reason to believe that the property is illegally acquired and linked to the detenu's prohibited activity. The burden on the affected person under the evidence provision arises only after that threshold is met. Where the house property was acquired years before the earliest alleged illegal activity and no connecting link or nexus was shown, the property could not be treated as liable to forfeiture. The notice, the competent authority's order, and the appellate order were quashed to that extent. Case-Laws FEMA Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190572