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High Court of DelhiW.P.(C)/3650/2024

M/S Alkem Laboratories Ltd. v. Union Of India & ANR.

2024-03-15Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Subramonium Prasad2 pages

$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3650/2024 & CM APPL. 15102/2024 M/S ALKEM LABORATORIES LTD.

..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Anshuman Sharma, Mr. Azaz Ahmed, Mr. Saksham Dhingra, Mr.

Rishabh Sharma and Mr. Ankur Vyas, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Kirtiman Singh, CGSC with Ms.

Vidhi Jain, Mr. Waize Ali Noor and Ms.

Manmeet Kaur Sareen, Advocates for UoI.

Mr. Vedansh Anand, GP for UoI.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 15.03.2024 1.

The Petitioner has approached this Court challenging the demand notice dated 10.10.2023 wherein the Petitioner has been asked to pay a sum of Rs.1,16,28,865/- on the basis of S.O. No. 2046 (E) dated 05.07.2013 and S.O. No. 644 (E) dated 02.03.2016 and S.O. No. 1951 (E) dated 02.06.2016. 2.

Learned Counsel for the Petitioner draws the attention of this Court to the Show Cause Notice dated 12.04.2018/16.04.2018 and state that it does not deal with two of the abovementioned notifications, namely, S.O. No. 2046 (E) dated 05.07.2013 and S.O. No. 644 (E) dated 02.03.2016. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 19:52:23

3.

In view of the above, this Court is inclined to set aside the impugned Order.

4.

Let the impugned Order be read as a Show Cause Notice. The Petitioner is directed to give a reply to the said Show Cause Notice within six weeks and the Respondents are directed to consider the same and pass a reasoned Order within three weeks from the date of receipt of the reply in accordance with law.

5.

With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of along with the pending applications, if any.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J MARCH 15, 2024 Rahul The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 19:52:23