Court Rules Provisional Bank Account Attachment Unlawful Due to Procedural Failures in Gold Smuggling Case.

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....Provisional attachment of bank accounts of petitioner - Smuggling - Gold - The Bombay High Court conducted a detailed analysis of Section 110(5) of the Customs Act, emphasizing the need for a written order to provisionally attach bank accounts and the importance of serving such an order on the account holder. The court found that the respondents failed to comply with these requirements, rendering the provisional attachment of the petitioners' bank accounts illegal.....