Anti Dumping Duty - Resurrection even after SC Judgement
THE Board has proved emphatically that it has no respect for Supreme Court decisions. In a recent decision reported by us as , the Supreme Court held that the Government could not impose anti dumping duty for the period between the lapsing of a notification and issue of a fresh notification. But the Government, in total violation of the Supreme Court judgement, again merrily resurrected a dead notification.
The anti dumping duty on "Narrow Woven Fabric" falling under heading 5806 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, originating in, or exported from, the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei, was imposed vide Notification No. 108/2010-Customs, dated the 6th October, 2010 for a period of five years and ended on 5th October 2015.
Now, the Government has extended it till 5th day of October 2016 - 23 days after its expiry - in total contemptible defiance of the Supreme Court order. This specific issue is covered by the Delhi High Court order in the Kumho case reported by us in 2014-TIOL-1130-HC-DEL-AD.
Notification No. , Dated: October 28, 2015