Bombay HC Quashes 20-Year-Old Customs Show Cause Notice

Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court)

The petitioner is a leading company engaged in shipping business. An investigation was carried out in 1997 for alleged mis-declaration of import of GDSS parts. The importer M/s Sanghvi Re-conditioners paid duty under protest in 1999. However, a show cause notice came to be issued on 28.03.2002 proposing demand of duty and imposition of penalties. The petitioner was a co-noticee. The said show cause notice was sought to be adjudicated in 2023. Hence, a writ petition came to be filed.

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