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2005 (3) TMI 128 - SUPREME COURTDuty demand - Bar of limitation - Held that:- It is not known whether Respondent who is a foreign national is still in teritorrial jurisdiction of country or not - therefore, it is directed to the petitioner to investigate the matter and file a clear affidavit to this Court as to whether the Respondent is still within the territorial jurisdiction of Court, or whether he has escaped from this Country. We also direct the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai, to conduct an inquiry or to get an inquiry conducted by an officer not below the rank of Commissioner of Customs and give a categorical report to this Court as to why the concerned authorities did not act with promptitude in filing the special leave petition which may have enabled the respondent to escape from this Country. In the report responsibility must be fixed on the persons who are found responsible for the delay in filing the special leave petition.
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