Supreme Court of India

Shobha Suresh Jumani v. Appellate Tribunal, Forfeited Property and Anr.

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 525
Bench B.N. Kirpal, M.B. Shah and Ruma Pal JJ.
Decided 4 May 2001

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Before parting with the judgment, we would observe that it is difficult to comprehend the reason for not including a person who is convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in the definition of Section 2(2)(c) of D the Act.

Judgment, page 9

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Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976. S.12(4)- "Person · aggrieved"-Who is-Detention-Forfeiture of property-Wife of detenu-Filing of appeal as "person aggrieved"­ Entitlement of-Held, "person aggrieved" means person whose property is illegally acquired and forfeited under the Act or whose legal rights qua the said property are adversely affected-There is no infringement of legal right of a wife of detenu-Thus, she is not entitled to file an appeal as "person aggrieved". S.2(2)(c)-Applicability of-Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988- --..(_ Persons

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