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    The base of any country’s development is its industrial growth, which necessitates huge investments from banks and the financial sector. Howsoever in recent times, there has been a shift from general welfare to the individual or family welfare wherein, the bigshot entrepreneurs, subsequent to indulging in scam, abscond from our country to foreign c...

    For confiscating the properties of a defaulter, an application has to be filed, by director to the special court for declaring an individual to be a fugitive economic offender, stating the reasons for claiming a person to be economic offender; further promulgating the properties or benami properties which he believed to be the proceeds of the crime...

    Right to a fair trial being a fundamental norm in every democratic country and international human rights law forbids conviction of an individual violating Audi alteram partem. It finds its base in article 10 of UDHR – “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal in the determination o...

    Regardless of the fact, the said act provides a statutory duration of 90 days for disposal of confiscated property from the date of declaration as a fugitive economic offender, it stands still with respect to the duration of proceedings and finalization of the decision of the special court. This ambiguity let courts consume enormous time. For confi...

  1. Jun 10, 2021 · The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act was passed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in 2018 and it received presidential assent the same year. The chief intent behind the enactment of this law is to bring fugitive economic offenders to book.

  2. Mar 12, 2018 · Key Features Fugitive economic offender (FEO): An FEO is a person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued for committing any offence listed in the Schedule to the Bill, and the value of the offence is at least Rs 100 crore.

  3. Dec 20, 2018 · The statute defines 'fugitive economic offender' as any individual against whom a warrant for arrest in relation to a Scheduled Offence has been issued by any Court in India, who (i) has left India so as to avoid criminal prosecution, or (ii) being abroad, refuses to return to India to face criminal prosecution. 3 The Act also defines 'benami ...

  4. Jul 9, 2020 · Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018: It seeks to confiscate properties of economic offenders who have left the country to avoid facing criminal prosecution or refuse to return to the country to face prosecution.

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  6. Jun 11, 2024 · A comprehensive guide on the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018. Learn about the purpose of the Act, who is considered a fugitive economic offender, and the process of declaring an individual as an FEO.