{"id":84228,"date":"2011-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/refnol-vs-union-on-21-july-2011-2"},"modified":"2015-04-14T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T06:19:46","slug":"refnol-vs-union-on-21-july-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/refnol-vs-union-on-21-july-2011-2","title":{"rendered":"Refnol vs Union on 21 July, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Refnol vs Union on 21 July, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/9039\/2011\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 9039 of 2011\n \n\n \n=================================================\n \n\nREFNOL\nRESINS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED &amp; 1 - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nUNION\nOF INDIA &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n================================================= \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nPARESH M DAVE for Petitioner(s) : 1 - 2. \nNone for Respondent(s) :\n1 - 2. \n=================================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMS JUSTICE SONIA GOKANI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 21\/07\/2011 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI)<\/p>\n<p>1.\tCounsel<br \/>\nfor the petitioner submitted that though the show cause notice was<br \/>\nissued only for imposing the personal penalty in terms of Section<br \/>\n11(2) of the Foreign Trade( Development &amp; Regulation) Act,<br \/>\neventually, the impugned order in original was passed imposing<br \/>\npersonal penalty as also levying customs duty etc. for alleged<br \/>\nnon-fulfillment of export obligation. Counsel submitted that quite<br \/>\napart from not putting the petitioner to notice about such proposal,<br \/>\nthe authority, under the Foreign Trade (Development &amp; Regulation)<br \/>\nAct, does not even have jurisdiction to pass such an order.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tThough<br \/>\nhe agreed that the said order is appealable, he pointed out that in<br \/>\nview of the provisions contained in Section 15 of the said Act, the<br \/>\nappeal has to be filed within 45 days and the appellate authority<br \/>\ndoes not have power for exempting delay beyond 30 days after expiry<br \/>\nof period of limitation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tConsidering<br \/>\nthe submissions made, issue notice returnable on 4.8.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tDirect<br \/>\nservice permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Akil<br \/>\nKureshi, J. ) <\/p>\n<p>(Ms.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Gokani, J.)<\/p>\n<p>sudhir<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Refnol vs Union on 21 July, 2011 Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/9039\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 9039 of 2011 ================================================= REFNOL RESINS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED &amp; 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