DRI has no locus standi to file writ petition under Article(s) 226/227 of Constitution of India

The counsel for Padmini also argued that the petitioner – Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has no locus standi to file the writ petition under Article(s) 226/227 of the Constitution of India. If the Custom department was at all aggrieved by the impugned order, then the appropriate authority could have filed the writ petition. The petitioner being merely an investigating authority cannot contest the adjudication by the Settlement Commission. It was argued that only the officer of Customs who had been assigned to function either by the Central Board of Excise and Customs or by the jurisdict...