https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389689 The Joint Director General of Foreign Trade could validly act on findings of misclassification and consequent misdeclaration in claims for MEIS benefits, because that power was traceable to the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and the Rules. A challenge that classification issues lie exclusively with Customs was rejected, and the authority's direction for remedial action was not treated as lacking or exceeding jurisdiction. The availability of a statutory appellate remedy was also noted. The jurisdictional objection therefore failed, and the impugned orders were upheld. en-us Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389689 The Joint Director General of Foreign Trade could validly act on findings of misclassification and consequent misdeclaration in claims for MEIS benefits, because that power was traceable to the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and the Rules. A challenge that classification issues lie exclusively with Customs was rejected, and the authority's direction for remedial action was not treated as lacking or exceeding jurisdiction. The availability of a statutory appellate remedy was also noted. The jurisdictional objection therefore failed, and the impugned orders were upheld. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=389689