Levy of penalty on Advocate - Seeking deletion of para from...

Levy of penalty on Advocate - Seeking deletion of para from order of the Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) - In some occasions that are marked by their rarity, one may transcend the traditional contours of professional conduct; but this happens even with adjudicators as well; the ultimate object is to do justice to the cause; it hardly needs to be stated that the judgments & orders should not be written with a pen dipped in acid; after all ‘acidity’ affects health; the acidic words rob away the living beauty of the scripts; viewed from this angle, the highlighted portion of the observations in the subject order need to be expunged; it is in the best interest of both the stakeholders, namely, Bar & the Bench; such expunction would only add to the beauty of the order in question which is meticulously texted with appreciable articulation. - HC

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