Directorate of Enforcement Ministry of Finance Thr. the Assistant Director v. M M Chungath
Case brief
What is this about?
FEMA appeals listing/procedural order, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, 11 December 2024, M. S. Sonak & Jitendra Jain, JJ.; Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement (Appellant) v. Canara Bank, M. M. Chungath, P. Upadhyaya, S.A. Lakshmi (Respondents); Tribunal had relied on its Standard Chartered Bank decisions (except Serial Nos.8 and 9); those decisions challenged in FEMA Appeal (ST) Nos.992, 1115, 1117, 1119-1133 of 2020; appeals ordered to be taken up together; FEMA Appeal Nos.4 and 5 of 2023 taken on board upon mentioning; Registry directed to list on 15 January 2025; office objections to be cleared before next date; advocates Ashish Chavan and Zishan Quazi for ED, Vivek Sharma and Arnold Fernandes for respondents; no merits, no statutes or precedents engaged.
What did the court decide?
Procedural directions only: FEMA Appeal Nos.4 and 5 of 2023 taken on board; these appeals to be heard jointly with FEMA Appeal (ST) Nos.992 of 2020 to 1133 of 2020; Registry directed to list all of them on 15 January 2025; office objections to be cleared before the next date. No merits adjudicated.