https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167555 The Tribunal's powers under Section 129C(7) of the Customs Act, 1962 include the civil-court powers of discovery, inspection and compelling production of documents, and in appropriate cases may extend to dismissal where a party wilfully withholds documents, causes inordinate delay, or prejudices the other side. The text also states that an order passed on an erroneous hearing notice, which deprived a party of a proper opportunity concerning the dismissal application, could be recalled on the principle that an act of the Tribunal should not prejudice any litigant. Applying that restitutionary principle, the dismissal was recalled and the appeal restored. en-us Mon, 25 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:39:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167555 The Tribunal's powers under Section 129C(7) of the Customs Act, 1962 include the civil-court powers of discovery, inspection and compelling production of documents, and in appropriate cases may extend to dismissal where a party wilfully withholds documents, causes inordinate delay, or prejudices the other side. The text also states that an order passed on an erroneous hearing notice, which deprived a party of a proper opportunity concerning the dismissal application, could be recalled on the principle that an act of the Tribunal should not prejudice any litigant. Applying that restitutionary principle, the dismissal was recalled and the appeal restored. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 25 Mar 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167555