1994 (1) TMI 153

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.... Chidambaram, Sr. Advocate, for M/s. Sinha & Das, for the Respondents. [Order]. - We have heard learned counsel on both the sides. Delay condoned. Even at the stage when the goods were seized, the respondents hastened to move a petition under Article 226 before the High Court and obtained an interdiction of further proceedings. The learned Single Judge also directed the release of the seized....

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....e-empt confiscation by payment of fine in lieu thereof. 3. This submission looks attractive on the face of it but on closer scrutiny it is not as sound as it is attractive. The proceedings of seizure and confiscation are proceedings in rem. Until the culmination of the adjudication it is difficult to envisage any right on the part of the respondents from whom they are seized to export them....