MUMBAI: The Bombay HC on Monday sought ‘more convincing’ arguments than grounds of delay from Skoda Auto Volkswagen India to entertain its plea against a show cause notice from Customs authorities alleging duty evasion of Rs 12,000 crore.
Justice Colabawalla orally remarked during the hearing that he “commends” the officer of the department for his dedicated efforts prior to issuing the show cause notice. “To say the show cause notice is without jurisdiction on the ground of delay is one thing… When the notice was issued only when all this was found via investigation after questioning your officers.” The hearing will continue on Tuesday.’
