FPA-PBPT-2243 & 2244/BBS/2022

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APPELLATE TRIBUNAL UNDER SAFEMA AT NEW DELHI

FPA-PBPT-2243/BBS/2022

M/s Odisha Infra tech Pvt. Ltd.

…

Appellant

FPA-PBPT-2244/BBS/2022

M/s Odisha Television Ltd.

…

Appellant

Vs.

The Initiating Officer,

(BPU), Bhubaneswar

…

Respondent

Advocates/Authorized Representatives who appeared

For the Appellant

:

Mr. Sachit Jolly, Mr. Rohit

Garg and Ms. Soumya Singh,

Advocates

For the Respondent

:

Mr. Anish Dhingra, SPP

Mr. Nakul Ahuja, Advocate

CORAM

JUSTICE MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI

:

CHAIRMAN

SHRI BALESH KUMAR

:

MEMBER

SHRI RAJESH MALHOTRA

:

MEMBER

ORDER

15.12.2022

This appeal has been preferred to challenge the order passed by the

Adjudicating Authority under section 26(3) and 24(6 ) of the Prohibition of

Benami Properties Transactions Act, 1988 (‘PBPT Act’) as amended by the Act

of 2016.

The learned counsel for the appellant submits that the Initiating Officer

of the Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU) had initiated the proceedings after

applying the Benami Tansactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 (in

short ‘Amendment Act 2016’). The alleged benami transaction involved in this

ca