Refund of amount deposited during Investigation – Delay of 17 ...

17-Year Delay in Adjudication Leads to Quashing of Show Cause Notice; No Further Orders Allowed.

August 11, 2015

Case Laws Customs HC

Refund of amount deposited during Investigation – Delay of 17 years in Adjudication – Commissionerate learnt about the subject show cause notice only on receipt of copy of this writ petition - show cause notice hereby quashed and respondents prohibited from passing any adjudication order in furtherance thereof - HC

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Refund of amount deposited during Investigation – Delay of 17 ...

17-Year Delay in Adjudication Leads to Quashing of Show Cause Notice; No Further Orders Allowed.

August 11, 2015

Case Laws Customs HC

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