https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291541 Detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act was held unsustainable where the detenu was arrested only after several months and the authorities failed to show compliance with the statutory procedure for an absconding person. The Court noted that Section 7 requires prescribed steps, including proclamation-type measures, when a person has absconded or is concealing himself, and no meaningful effort to execute the order or invoke that machinery was demonstrated. The unexplained delay and non-observance of statutory safeguards rendered the further detention illegal. en-us Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:14:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291541 Detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act was held unsustainable where the detenu was arrested only after several months and the authorities failed to show compliance with the statutory procedure for an absconding person. The Court noted that Section 7 requires prescribed steps, including proclamation-type measures, when a person has absconded or is concealing himself, and no meaningful effort to execute the order or invoke that machinery was demonstrated. The unexplained delay and non-observance of statutory safeguards rendered the further detention illegal. Case-Laws FEMA Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291541