Delay in adjudication of SCN - 24 years - Jurisdiction to demand ...

Case Laws Customs

August 8, 2022

Delay in adjudication of SCN - 24 years - Jurisdiction to demand duty u/s 28 of the Customs Act, 1962 - The action, which is unfair, and in violation of principles of natural justice cannot be sustained. Various judicial pronouncements have taken a view that the weight of judicial pronouncements leaned in favour of quashing the proceedings if there had been an undue delay in deciding the same. In the absence of any period of limitation it is incumbent upon every authority to exercise the power of adjudication post issuance of show cause notice within reasonable period. - show cause notice should be quashed - HC

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Delay in adjudication of SCN - 24 years - Jurisdiction to demand ...

Case Laws Customs

August 8, 2022

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