Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 446 · Decided 4 October 2012
Winston Tan & ANR. v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 446 · [2012] 8 S.C.R. 1107
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7207/2012
- Decided
- 4 October 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
SMUGGLERS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANIPULATORS (FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY) ACT, 1976: A B c ss.2(2)(b), 2(2)(c), 2(2)(e), 6,7, 10 and 11 - Certain transfers to be null and void - Forfeiture of property illegally acquired by detenu and his wife - Challenged by purchasers claiming as transferees in good Any transfer of the property referred to in s. 6(1) is prohibited - In respect of the transfer of the property after issuance of notice u/s. 6, the holder cannot set up a plea that he is a transferee in good faith or a bona fide purchaser for adequate consideration - Such plea is not available to
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