Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai v. M/s. Virgo Steels, Bombay and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 934
Bench S.P. Bharucha, N. Santosh Hegde and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 4 April 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that this Court used the expression "condition precedent" with reference to issuance of notice under Section 28 and not with reference to the jurisdiction of the proper G Officer under that Section.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Customs Act, 1962-Section 28-Notice of payment of duty, interest- Principle of waiver-Applicability-Whether mandatory requirement of issuance of notice under the Section can be waived and whether notice under the Section being a condition precedent to invoke jurisdiction of the officer concerned, in the absence of such notice proceedings initiated for recovery of duty became void-On facts, held right of notice being personal to the person concerned can be waived by that person-Further the notice being condition precedent is referable to the procedural requirement of the section and not to be

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