https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42453 Once a special court is established with exclusive jurisdiction over Customs Act offences, the ordinary Magistrate loses authority to continue the trial. The term "trial" is construed contextually to include all steps after framing of charge up to pronouncement of judgment, so hearing arguments remains part of the trial process. Accordingly, proceedings continued before the ordinary Magistrate after the special court came into existence were without jurisdiction, and the steps taken from that date onwards were liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 28 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:03:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42453 Once a special court is established with exclusive jurisdiction over Customs Act offences, the ordinary Magistrate loses authority to continue the trial. The term "trial" is construed contextually to include all steps after framing of charge up to pronouncement of judgment, so hearing arguments remains part of the trial process. Accordingly, proceedings continued before the ordinary Magistrate after the special court came into existence were without jurisdiction, and the steps taken from that date onwards were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 28 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42453