2018 (9) TMI 98

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....r Union of India. Mr. Kaushik Dey ....... For the DRI. Mr. Amitabrata Roy, Mr. Bhaskar Prosad Banerjee .... For customs. A show cause notice dated September 13, 2010 is under challenge in the present writ petition on the ground that, the authority who issued the show cause notice had no jurisdiction to issue the same. Learned senior Advocate appearing for the petitioner relies upon a j....

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....urt. There is no delay on the part of the writ petitioner in approaching the writ Court. Learned Advocate appearing for the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence submits that, the writ petitioner is a fence-sitter. The petitioner did not take point of lack of jurisdiction of the authority to issue the show-cause notice at the stage when the petitioner came to the writ Court earlier. The petiti....

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....ssue the show cause notice. Navneet Kumar (supra) is under consideration by the appeal Court. In such circumstances, I am not minded to grant any order of stay of the proceedings at this stage. The authorities are at liberty to proceed with the show cause notice, in accordance with law. Needless to say that, such proceedings will abide by the result of the writ petition. Learned senior....