Court Confirms DRI's Authority as "Proper Officer" to Issue Show Cause Notice Under Customs Act Section 28(1.

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....Validity of SCN - Jurisdiction - Proper Officer or not - whether by virtue of the notifications dated 07.07.1997, 07.03.2002 and 06.07.2011, the DRI would have the authority to act under Section 28 of the Customs Act - The show cause notice under Section 28(1) could be issued by the “Proper Officer”. A “Proper Officer” is one, who is defined in Section 2(34) as the officer of Customs, either by the Board or by the Commissioner of Customs, who is assigned specific functions - the Respondent No.2 had the jurisdiction to issue impugned show cause notice. - HC....