https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248854 The Court set aside the order of non-cooperation by Customs authorities and directed the release of the Duty Drawback amount to the petitioner, an exporter of readymade garments. The Court emphasized that public authorities should not rely on technical defenses to defeat legitimate claims and ordered the authorities to consider and dispose of the claim within three weeks. The petitioner was instructed to cooperate, and if no disentitling factors existed, the amount was to be released with 10% interest. The Court highlighted the unusual delay in the case and deemed the timeframe for compliance as peremptory. en-us Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248854 The Court set aside the order of non-cooperation by Customs authorities and directed the release of the Duty Drawback amount to the petitioner, an exporter of readymade garments. The Court emphasized that public authorities should not rely on technical defenses to defeat legitimate claims and ordered the authorities to consider and dispose of the claim within three weeks. The petitioner was instructed to cooperate, and if no disentitling factors existed, the amount was to be released with 10% interest. The Court highlighted the unusual delay in the case and deemed the timeframe for compliance as peremptory. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248854