Supreme Court of India

Raja Narayanlal Bansilal v. Maneck Phjhoz Misthy and Another.

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Reported as [1961] 1 S.C.R. 417

Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.

Decided 31 August 1960

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What the Court ordered

In the result tho oonclusion of this Court was that when the Customs Authorities confiscated the gold in question the proceedings taken did not amount. to a prosecution of the party uor did the order of confiscation constitute a punishment as contem plated by Art. 20(2).

Judgment, page 18

Authorities it was built on

1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1953 Maqbool Hussain v. The State of Bombay cited by 36

Where later benches applied it

2007 Smt. Selvi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned
2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu mentioned
1968 Romesh Chandra Mehta v. State of West Bengal mentioned
1964 K Joseph Augusthi and Two Ors. v. M. A. Narayanan, Official Liquidator. Palai Central Bank Ltd. mentioned

Of those, 1 referred to · 4 mentioned

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