Court cases - Obtaining the opinion of Branch Sectt. of Ministry of Law

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..... Sectt. of Ministry of Law. Recently a case came to the notice of the Board where a Collector was advised to consult the Branch Sectt. of Ministry of Law in a particular matter; however, the Branch Sectt. instead of furnishing its own opinion, had forwarded the opinion of the Counsel who had appeared in the particular case without their own comments. A doubt therefore arose whether this constitute .....

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..... matter. It would also be desirable that a personal and proper rapport is developed with them whenever such references for advice are made so that the Department's view point as well as legal issues involved are fully appreciated and a proper and early opinion obtained from Ministry of Law. 4. Member (Central Excise) desires that these references should be done at a personal level so that they ar .....

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