Supreme Court of India

Suman L. Shah v. The Custodian & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 294
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 5 March 2024

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the conclusions drawn and the findings recorded in the impugned judgments passed by the Special Court that the appellants herein failed to prove the fact that the amounts had been repaid to the benami companies of the notified person, namely, Pallav Sheth do not stand to scrutiny and cannot be sustained as being contrary to facts and law.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration There were questionable transactions between the appellants and respondent Nos. 6, 7 and 8, the alleged benami companies of respondent No. 2 (notified party). Whether the Special Court committed manifest error in facts as well as in law in holding that the appellants herein were the garnishees of respondent No. 2. Whether the conclusions and findings passed by the Special Court, that the appellant herein failed to prove the fact that amounts had been repaid to the benami companies of the notified person- respondent No.2, can be sustained. Headnotes Special Court (Trial

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