Case Law Details
M. S. Srinivasa Vs Union of India (Karnataka High Court)
Petitioner is an advocate by occupation; he had appeared for the appellant in appeal vide A. No. 279/2019 CUS(B-Air); the Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) vide order dated 16.03.2021 at Annexure-D dismissed the appeal; in the course of order, the Commissioner has made certain observations at para 8 therein which read are as under:
“8. The objective of imposing a penalty of Rs.15000/- is only to impress upon the appellant that they ought to be more careful in future and do justice to their role and duties rather than take shelter behind technicalities and advocates who think they can defend the indefensible by giving their own skewed understanding of the law and misguiding appellants.”
(highlighting is mine)
2. The portion of the observations that are highlighted would reflect on the professional conduct of the petitioner, argues his counsel; learned Panel Counsel appearing for the respondents opposes the writ petition contending that the said observations are case specific and therefore petitioner may not read too much in that; so contending he seeks dismissal of the writ petition.
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