Prospective customs recovery amendments cannot revive a pre-2018 notice; late corrigendum allegations were ignored at final adjudication.

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....Explanation 4 to section 28 preserved the pre-amendment customs recovery regime for notices issued before 29-03-2018, so the later supplementary-notice mechanism under section 28(7A) and the 2019 Regulations could not be applied to a 2014 show cause notice. A corrigendum adding fresh allegations and evidence after completion of the final hearing could not be treated as a valid supplement to the notice and had to be ignored at final adjudication. The writ petition was allowed, and the final order was directed to be passed on the original notice without considering the corrigendum.....