# M/S SKECHERS SOUTH ASIA PVT LTD vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-03-12
Citation: W.P.(C)-9159/2021 2025:DHC:1819-DB
Petitioner: M/S SKECHERS SOUTH ASIA PVT LTD
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12th March, 2025 W.P.(C) 9159/2021 M/S SKECHERS SOUTH ASIA PVT LTD ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Yogendra Aldak, Mr. Karan Sachdev, Mr. Kunal Kapoor and Mr. Yatharth Tripathi, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Mr. Aditya Singla, SSC CBIC, Ms. Arya Suresh Nair & Ms. Medha Navami, Advs. (M: 7558898905) CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. This writ petition is part of a batch of petitions that were filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a direction to quash refund proceedings initiated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (‘DRI’) officials against the Petitioner/s on the ground that DRI officials lack jurisdiction under Section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962 . Reliance was primarily placed on the Supreme Court decision in Canon India Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs, 2021 (3) DWI 384 (hereinafter ‘Canon-I’), which had held that DRI Officials were not ‘proper officers’ for the purpose of refund proceedings under Section 28. The operative portion of the Canon-I 

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