Prima facie FEMA contravention can support equivalent-value property seizure despite overseas accounts and an income-tax settlement.

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....Section 37A of FEMA permits seizure where available material establishes a prima facie Section 4 contravention; final proof is reserved for adjudication. Tally data, emails, witness statements and overseas bank deposits may support an allegation of unauthorised foreign-exchange transfers without proving the ultimate use of every remitted amount. Property in India may be seized at equivalent value even where overseas accounts are held by a separate foreign entity, because that entity's legal personality does not displace FEMA's seizure power against the alleged contravener. Income-tax settlement provisions operate separately and do not override FEMA consequences. The refusal to confirm seizure was therefore interfered with and the appeal succeeded.....