https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48572 A criminal complaint under the Customs Act based on the same allegations as a departmental adjudication that ended in exoneration on merits would ordinarily not be allowed to continue, because prosecution in those circumstances may amount to abuse of process. The pending Supreme Court challenge to the exoneration, however, justified deferring final interference, so the complaint was kept in abeyance and could be revived if the challenge succeeded. Interim protection was continued during the pendency of the Supreme Court proceedings. en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48572 A criminal complaint under the Customs Act based on the same allegations as a departmental adjudication that ended in exoneration on merits would ordinarily not be allowed to continue, because prosecution in those circumstances may amount to abuse of process. The pending Supreme Court challenge to the exoneration, however, justified deferring final interference, so the complaint was kept in abeyance and could be revived if the challenge succeeded. Interim protection was continued during the pendency of the Supreme Court proceedings. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48572