Appointment of common adjudicating authority

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....e) All Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise All Commissioners of Customs All Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise Sir / Madam, Subject: Appointment of common adjudicating authority -regarding Reference is invited to Notification No 60/2015-Customs (N.T.), dated 04.06.2015 whereby the power to appoint common adjudicating authority in cases investigated by DRI u....

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....s initiated by DRI shall be assigned to Additional Director General (Adjudication), DRI: (i) Cases involving duty of Rs. 5 crores and above; (ii) Group of cases on identical issues involving aggregate duty of Rs. 5 crores or more; (iii) Cases involving seizure value of Rs. 5 crores or more; (iv) Cases of over-valuation irrespective of value involved; and ....

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....judicator i.e. other than the cases mentioned in paragraph 2 above would continue to be dealt by the Board. This would include cases made by Commissionerates or cases made by DRI wherein the adjudicating officer is an officer below the level of Additional Director General (Adjudication), DRI. 4. Board has also decided that all the pending cases where common adjudicating authorities have not bee....