Fema / RBI : The article explains that the FLA Return is a position-based FEMA compliance triggered by outstanding foreign investments, not by ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has updated the FLA Return FAQs, clarifying who must file, the 15 July deadline, revision procedures, and reporting requiremen...
Fema / RBI : The 2026 FEMA amendment expands portfolio investment eligibility beyond NRIs and OCIs to all individuals resident outside India. I...
Fema / RBI : The article examines how recent FEMA reforms have simplified downstream investments while highlighting unresolved issues involving...
Fema / RBI : India has expanded portfolio investment access by allowing any individual resident outside India to invest in listed Indian compan...
Corporate Law : Authorities found Dubai property acquisitions by Indian residents routed through hawala, leading to action for violations of FEMA ...
Fema / RBI : BCAS submits comments on RBI’s draft External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) regulations, seeking clarity on eligibility, KYC norms...
Fema / RBI : BCAS provides feedback on draft FEMA trade regulations, flags concerns over AD bank powers, seeks clarity and consistency....
Fema / RBI : New FEMA rules allow settlement of foreign exchange violations with penalties up to ₹5 crore. Pending cases will follow earlier ...
Fema / RBI : The Government amended FEMA regulations, enabling resolution of violations up to ₹5 crore by paying fines. Ongoing cases follow ...
Fema / RBI : The Karnataka High Court upheld the Appellate Tribunal's finding that the respondents satisfied the definition of person resident ...
Fema / RBI : The key issue was whether cash falls within the definition of property under the PBPT Act. The Tribunal ruled that cash is a tangi...
Fema / RBI : The case examined whether Indian assets could remain seized after foreign asset value was repatriated. The Tribunal ruled that onc...
Fema / RBI : The appellant claimed the disputed funds were received unknowingly and had attempted to return them. The Tribunal granted relief b...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal held that bank accounts cannot remain frozen merely because the account holder is related to a suspect or under inves...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has withdrawn non-operative FEMA circulars after reviewing directives issued since June 2000. The ruling helps Authorised ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has rationalised FEMA reporting by introducing revised return formats, discontinuing several reports, and easing compliance re...
Fema / RBI : RBI has allowed Authorised Dealer Category-I banks to exclude hedged positions arising from FCNR(B) deposits, ECBs, and OFCBs whil...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has directed all AD Category-I banks to submit daily data on FCNR(B) deposits, ECBs, and OFCBs mobilized under its swap fa...
Fema / RBI : RBI's Sixth Amendment to the FEMA Deposit Regulations broadens the scope of SNRR accounts by permitting IFSC branches to maintain ...
Karnataka High Court set aside a FEMA show-cause notice and complaint issued after Section 6(3)(b) of Act was omitted by Finance Act, 2015. Court ruled that proceedings based on a non-existent provision are void ab initio. It reaffirmed that, without a saving clause, authorities lack jurisdiction to act under an omitted section.
Gurushree Minerals Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (Appellate Tribunal Under Safema At New Delhi) Loan or Land Grab?- Benami Land Purchase through Driver – Tribunal Calls Gurushree Minerals’ Deal a Benami Ruse- Tribunal Confirms Attachment of 30.6 Hectares of Tribal Land Bought by Company The Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA, New Delhi, vide Final Order dt. 14.10.2025 in […]
Roop Singh Yadav Vs Deputy Director Directorate of Enforcement (Appellate Tribunal Under Safema At New Delhi) ED Dams the Flow- From River Beautification to Corruption– Gomti Riverfront Scam – Tribunal Upholds ED’s Attachment of IAS Engineer’s Family Properties in ₹30 Lakh Bribe Case The Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA, New Delhi, in its Final Order, dismissed […]
Even properties acquired using personal savings or transferred within family can be attached if linked to proceeds of crime. The Tribunal emphasized intent and connection to criminal funds over formal ownership documents.
Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA dismissed PMLA appeals filed after 5270 days, ruling that excessive delay and lack of vigilance by the appellants made the appeals legally untenable.
Appellate Tribunal dismissed FEMA proceedings after the ED could not provide authenticated HSBC Geneva bank statements. The ruling emphasizes that unverified evidence cannot support prosecution.
The tribunal ruled that commissions earned through LIC policies linked to a scheduled offence were rightly treated as proceeds of crime, justifying provisional attachment of property.
Overview of RBI’s updated FEMA compounding provisions. Key features include 180 resolution, detailed penalty matrices for reporting contraventions, and non-compoundable cases.
The SAFEMA Tribunal dismissed a bank’s appeal, ruling that PMLA attachment of mortgaged property overrides secured rights under the SARFAESI and RDB Acts. The decision affirms the Supreme Court’s NSEL verdict that secured creditors lack priority over assets attached as proceeds of crime.
Mohammad Iqbal Siddiqi Vs Special Director Directorate of Enforcement (Appellate Tribunal Under Safema At Delhi) NRI’s Agricultural Land Confiscation Set Aside, Penalty Halved- Mens Rea Irrelevant, But Penalty Moderated-FEMA Omission No Shield: Tribunal Upholds Validity of Action, But Quashes Confiscation for Proportionality Background This Appeal arose from the order dated 09.01.2017 passed by the […]
