Case brief
What is this about?
M/s Pankaj Metals v. Union of India & Anr.; W.P.(C) 872/2025 & CM APPL. 4232/2025; Delhi High Court; Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Ajay Digpaul; order dated 12.01.2026; Section 128 of The Customs Act, 1962; appealability of Joint Commissioner order; CVD imposable at 14.76% of CIF value; alternate statutory remedy of appeal; multiplicity of proceedings not sufficient reason to bypass appeal; writ petition disposed without examining merits; limitation — time spent in writ proceeding to be counted; CM APPL. 1634/2026 — 60 days' delay in filing rejoinder condoned; digitally signed DHC order.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 60 days in filing the rejoinder condoned (CM APPL. 1634/2026); petition disposed with liberty to pursue the statutory appeal under Section 128 of The Customs Act, 1962, and an undertaking that time spent prosecuting the writ remedy be counted if limitation arises.