2020 (11) TMI 51

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..... s to be recapitulated here that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in ASSISTANT COLLECTOR OF CENTRAL EXCISE, CHANDAN NAGAR VERSUS DUNLOP INDIA LIMITED AND OTHER [ 1984 (11) TMI 63 - SUPREME COURT] has succinctly explained the legal position relating to the exercise of discretionary powers under writ jurisdiction. This Court does not express any view on the correctness or otherwise on the m .....

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..... for short). The Petitioner was entitled to prefer appeal against that order under Section 128 of the Act, within a period of 60 days from the date of its receipt before the Appellate Authority, viz., Commissioner of Customs, (Appeals), Chennai 600 016, who has been empowered to condone delay in filing such appeal for an extended period of 30 days, if sufficient cause for not preferring appeal wi .....

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..... entirely ill-suited to meet the demands of extraordinary situations as for instance where the very vires of the statute is in question or where private or public wrongs are so inextricably mixed up and the prevention of public injury and the vindication of public justice require it that recourse may be had to Article226 of the Constitution. But then the Court must have good and sufficient reason t .....

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