2018 (9) TMI 1708

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....Customs and Central Excise Mr. Kaushik Dey, Adv. For Respondent. The Court:   An order in original dated May 31, 2018 is under challenge in the present writ petition. Although the order in original is appealable, nonetheless, the petitioners seek to maintain the writ petition on the ground of breach of the principles of natural justice. Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners subm....

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.... to delay the proceedings. He submits that, the petitioners requested for time in the adjudication proceedings on April 6, 2018, which was granted. The show-cause notice was issued on February 13, 2018. The petitioners are seeking to delay the disposal of such proceedings to the extent possible. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is represented. It appears from the record that, the Customs auth....

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.... 25, 2018. True, an adjournment was granted by the adjudicating authority on April 6, 2018. However, the same by itself does not allow an inference that the petitioners are employing dilatory tactics when the petitioners made a request for cross-examination of prosecution witnesses. In an adversarial litigation, where, the prosecution adduces a natural person as its witness, the principles of natu....