Nuts And Dry Fruits Council India v. Union Of India

2025:BHC-AS:29329-DB 2-wp-9548-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9548 OF 2025 Nuts and Dry Fruits Council (India).....Petitioner Vs.

Union of India & Ors.

.....Respondents Mr. Prakash Shah, Senior Advocate with Mr. Jay Sanghavi, Mr. Mihir Deshmukh & Mr. Shamik Gupta, i/b. Mr. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, for the Petitioner.

Mr. Jitendra B. Mishra with Ms. Sangeeta Yadav, Mr. Rupesh Dubey & Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, for the Respondents.

Mr. Tikendra Kumar Kripal (DC) & Mr. Raman Kaushik (SO), officers of the Respondent are present.

CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.

DATE : 16th JULY 2025.

P.C.:- 1.

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2.

By this Petition, the Petitioner essentially aggrieved by the action taken by the Respondent-Custom Department in making demand of money without following due process of law, i.e., without issuing show cause notice or without any adjudication. 3.

Mr. Mishra, learned counsel appearing for all the Respondents, on instructions, makes a statement that the Respondents Gaikwad RD 1/2

2-wp-9548-2025.doc -Authorities have not taken and will not take any steps without following due process of law, including will not demand any amount without following due process of law. Statement accepted. 4.

In view of the statement made by Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the Respondents-Authorities, nothing survives for further consideration in the Petition.

5.

The Petition stands disposed of accordingly.

(DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.) Gaikwad RD 2/2 Signed by: Raju D. Gaikwad Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 17/07/2025 09:45:43