Expeditious duty adjudication and continued bank guarantee renewal ordered pending determination of export consignment liability

The Bombay High Court directed the respondents to complete adjudication on duty liability for the exported consignment within a fixed time, finding that the matter required expeditious determination. It further required the petitioners to keep the bank guarantee renewed until adjudication was completed and for six months thereafter. All substantive contentions were left open for decision in the adjudication proceedings.

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Issues: Whether the respondents should be directed to adjudicate the question of duty on the exported consignment expeditiously, and whether the petitioners should continue to keep the bank guarantee alive pending such adjudication.

Outcome: The petition was disposed of with directions to the respondents to complete adjudication within a fixed time and to the petitioners to keep the bank guarantee renewed until completion of adjudication and for six months thereafter, with all contentions left open.

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