High Court Rules Show Cause Notice Premature Due to Lack of Evidence and Finalized Offence.

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....Validity of SCN - 100% EOU - Private Warehouse - Cancellation of licence under Sub Section 2(b)of Section 58 granted to petitioner under Sub-Section (1) of Section 58 of the Customs Act, 1962 - If Respondent No.2 was relying on any seizure panchanama or any other material, the same should have been mentioned in the show cause notice issued to afford fair and reasonable opportunity to petitioner to respond. That has not been done. Further, Respondent No.2 for issuing show cause notice has relied upon six show cause notices and an offence booked by DRI but none of these had attained finality. They were pending at various stages. - Thus, issuance of show cause notice itself was premature. - HC....