Jurisdiction - power of DRI to issue SCN - Proper Officer - ...
Customs
June 17, 2022
Jurisdiction - power of DRI to issue SCN - Proper Officer - Officers from Group-B who are already from the Customs Department can be appointed as “Officers of Customs”. Similarly, the Officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) are appointed as “Officers of Customs” under notification issued under Section 4(i) of the Customs Act, 1962 - Thus, under Section 6 of the Customs Act, 1962, the powers and functions(duties) of the Board and/or “Officers of Customs” specified in Section 5 read with Section 4 and notifications issued there under to implement the same can be entrusted on these officers. - The challenges to the impugned Show Cause Notices and the Orders in Original on the strength of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in M/S CANON INDIA fails - HC
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