Delay in adjudication of SCN - show-cause notice has not been ...

High Court Quashes 16-Year-Old Show-Cause Notice, Citing Unreasonable Delay and Violation of Natural Justice Principles.

February 18, 2022

Case Laws Central Excise HC

Delay in adjudication of SCN - show-cause notice has not been adjudicated upon for about 16 years - It is not expected from the assessee to preserve the evidence/record intact for such a long period to be produced at the time of hearing of the Show-Cause Notice. The Respondent having issued the Show-Cause notice, it is their duty to take the the said Show-Cause notice to its logical conclusion by adjudicating upon the said Show-Cause Notice within a reasonable period of time. In view of the the gross delay on the part of the Respondent, the Petitioner cannot be made to suffer - Hearing of Show-cause notice belatedly is in violation of natural justice. - SCN Quashed and set aside - HC

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Delay in adjudication of SCN - show-cause notice has not been ...

High Court Quashes 16-Year-Old Show-Cause Notice, Citing Unreasonable Delay and Violation of Natural Justice Principles.

February 18, 2022

Case Laws Central Excise HC

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