2023 (4) TMI 1477

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....he Petitioner : Appearance not given For the Respondents : Mr Ashok K. Arya, Senior Standing Counsel ORDER 1. The petitioners have filed the present petitions impugning the respective show cause notices calling upon them to show cause as to why action under the Customs Act, 1962 should not be initiated against them in respect of certain goods (pashmina shawls), which, according to the res....

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....ct the DNA test. 4. This Court had noted that since the proposed action (show cause notice) is premised solely on the basis of a laboratory report, which is called into question by the petitioners, it would be apposite if the respondents get the samples tested by another institute. 5. The learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that there are only two accredited institutes, whi....

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.... goods in question (shawls) contained fibres of guard hair of the Tibetan Antelope. 6. In the aforesaid circumstances, since the present matter is at the stage of show cause notices, this Court considers it apposite to dispose of the petition by reserving the rights of the petitioners to respond to the show cause notices and take such pleas and advise including to assail the laboratory reports ....