CESTAT Allahabad Bench - High Court Summons Revenue Secretary

Sir,

The people would lose faith in quasi judicial adjudication is no more futuristic. The sense we are getting from the umpteen number of cases decided by the Tribunal and Courts is that any right thinking person would have already lost faith in the departmental level adjudication. The suggestion is to abolish departmental adjudication altogether and setup an independent Adjudicator and Appellate authority free from the shackles of current bureaucratic setup. This in a way will help not only department to augment correct revenue and at the same time will not clog the Tribunal and Courts with frivolous appeals. Unless something like this is done to start with, there is no immediate remedy to cleanse the setup.

Ramesh Vijayaraghavan
Customs Consultant

R Swamy 24/12/2015