Oral order dismissing an application as not pressed due to the absence of the petitioner's counsel. The matter was listed for the second consecutive day without representation.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17469 of 2012
====================================================== Jayant Prasad, S/o Late Raghunath Prasad Owner of M/s Gupta Trading Company, At & P.O. Pirari via Mainatand, District West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India through the Commissioner of Customs, C.R. Building, B.C. Patel Path, Patna. 2. The Commissioner of Customs, C.R. Building, B.C. Patel Path, Patna. 3. The Additional Commissioner of Customs, C.R. Building, B.C. Patel Path, Patna. 4. The Additional Commissioner, Adjn., Hqrs., C.R. Building, B.C. Patel Path, Patna. 5. The Assistant Commissioner Customs, (Preventive) Division, Motihari. 6. The Inspector-cum-Seizing Officer Customs, (Preventive) Bettiah. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : None For the Respondents : Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar, Mrs. Archana Sinha, Advocates ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANANDAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-09-2012 Today for the second consecutive day, learned counsel for the petitioner is not present in Court.
Learned counsel for the Customs Department points out that decision of the Adjudicating Authority, as contained in Annexure-6, is in favour of the petitioner. Hence, seized goods might have been released in his favour. Even if the Department decides to file an appeal against the said order, petitioner has remedy to get his seized goods released under Section 110 A of the Customs Act, 1962.
Since learned counsel for the petitioner is not present in Court today also, this application is dismissed as not pressed.
B.T/-
(Jayanandan Singh, J)
Jayanandan Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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