Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

The case concerned the detention of Abdu Rahiman under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA). The detenu filed a representation against his detention, which was rejected by the competent authority; the rejection was communicated to him by an under‑secretary rat…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided Arun Kumar Bajoria's residence and issued summons under Section 40 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). Bajoria filed a writ petition challenging the summons and later obtained anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the CrPC from the City Sessions Court, with a conditio…

Associate Builders entered into a construction contract with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for a housing project. After completing only part of the work, the contractor filed 15 claims for overheads, damages and price escalations, which were largely awarded by an arbitrator. The Single Judge of the Delhi High C…

The State of Kerala prosecuted six accused for forging and counterfeiting US dollar notes, alleging offences under Sections 120B, 489A, 489B, 489C, 420, 511 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accused argued that Sections 489A and 489C apply only to Indian currency notes, relying on the definition of "currency note" i…

The Union of India appealed against a Madras High Court order directing payment of a reward to informant C. Krishna Reddy for information that led to customs duty evasion proceedings. The respondent claimed a reward of Rs.1,71,43,272, while the department had sanctioned only Rs.10 lakh. The Supreme Court examined wheth…

Prabha D. Kanan, an air hostess promoted to Deputy Manager at Indian Airlines Ltd., was arrested in 2002 for allegedly carrying undeclared foreign currency and her services were terminated on 9 August 2002 under Regulation 13 of the Indian Airlines (Flying Crew) Service Regulations, which allows discharge without enqui…