Jurisdiction of DRI to Issue Show Cause Notices Challenged; Notification Deemed Invalid Due to Lack of Authority u/s 6.

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....Jurisdiction of DRI to issue Show Cause Notice (SCN) - Proper Officer - If it was intended that officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence who are officers of Central Government should be entrusted with functions of the Customs officers, it was imperative that the Central Government should have done so in exercise of its power under Section 6 of the Act. - The notification is obviously invalid having been issued by an authority which had no power to do so in purported exercise of powers under a section which does not confer any such power. - SC....