Adjudication proceedings cannot be kept pending for years: Delhi HC

VOS Technologies India Pvt Ltd Vs Principal Additional Director General & Anr. (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court held that adjudication proceedings under Customs Act, 1962; the Finance Act, 1994 and Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 cannot be kept pending for years and decades together. Facts- This batch of writ petitions seek the quashing of the Show Cause Notices and pending adjudication proceedings arising out of the Customs Act, 1962, the Finance Act, 1994 and the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017. The principal ground of attack is the inordinate delay in the finalisation of th...