https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377813 In customs adjudication, the mere non-production of witnesses for cross-examination does not automatically vitiate the order, and a breach of Section 138-B of the Customs Act will not, by itself, void the proceedings on the facts stated. The Court also treated the availability of an equally efficacious statutory appeal as a bar to writ interference and declined to exercise writ jurisdiction, leaving the merits open for the appellate forum. The adjudication was therefore not interfered with, and the petitioner was directed to pursue the statutory appellate remedy without prejudice from the Court's observations. en-us Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377813 In customs adjudication, the mere non-production of witnesses for cross-examination does not automatically vitiate the order, and a breach of Section 138-B of the Customs Act will not, by itself, void the proceedings on the facts stated. The Court also treated the availability of an equally efficacious statutory appeal as a bar to writ interference and declined to exercise writ jurisdiction, leaving the merits open for the appellate forum. The adjudication was therefore not interfered with, and the petitioner was directed to pursue the statutory appellate remedy without prejudice from the Court's observations. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=377813