The Appellate Tribunal dismissed an appeal in default due to non-appearance and non-payment of costs. The appellant was penalized with an adjournment fee.
Appellant ordered to pay Rs. 5,000/- as adjournment costs to the respondent's counsel before the next hearing.
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APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT AT NEW DELHI
FPA-PMLA-717/LKW/2014
(ECIR/06/PMLA/LZO/2012,ECIR/07/PMLA/LZO/2012 & ECIR/08/PMLA/LZO/2012, PAO-03/2014; OC No. 317/2014)
Shri Gaya Prasad Kushwaha … Appellant / Applicant Versus The Joint Director Directorate of Enforcement, Lucknow … Respondent
Advocates/Authorized Representatives who appeared
For the appellant : None For the respondent : Shri Vikas Garg, Advocate CORAM JUSTICE MANMOHAN SINGH : CHAIRMAN SHRI ANAND KISHORE : MEMBER ORDER 03.11.2016
FPA-PMLA-717/LKW/2014
Despite the order dated 24th August, 2016, no one appears on behalf of the appellant to address the arguments even today. Proxy counsel is also not present. The learned counsel for the respondent states that the cost imposed of Rs. 2,500/- has also not been paid. Normally, we would have dismissed the appeal in default for non-prosecution and/or non-appearance. However considering the facts that some other connected matters are pending which are coming on various dates. We are of the view that atleast the cost imposed by order dated 24th August, 2016 should have been paid for by the appellant. There is total default on the part of the appellant. Under these circumstances, a sum of Rs. 5,000/- is
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imposed for an adjournment that shall be paid by the appellant on or
before to the counsel for the respondent before the next date of hearing.
List on 7th March, 2017.
(Justice Manmohan Singh) Chairman
(Anand Kishore)
Member
New Delhi,
3rd November, 2016
‘d’
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Gaya Prasad Kushwaha
Joint Director Directorate of Enforcement, Lucknow
Manmohan Singh
Anand Kishore
As recorded by the court registry
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