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Application under The Right to InformationAct ,2065

To The Central Public Information Officer,

Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (General),

Mumbai Zone- 1, 10th Floor, New Custom House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai -400 001

Mr. Rajiv G Mehta

115/12, AnantSmruti,

L. N. Road,4th Lane Hindu

Colony, Dadar East, Mumbai 400 014.

(1) Name of the Applicant (2) Address

Information Distribution of Cases Counsels

to of (3) Particulars

required Panel Advocates/

pursuant to Board's Order F.No.278A/21/2015-Legal dated 18.06.2016 followed by Board's Order F.No.287A/33/2016 dated 24.06.2016 Same as above

(a) Subject matter of Information

to which the Since July, 2016 to September (b) The

information relates Period

2017

(c) Description of the Information 1. Kindly provide the list of cases

corresponding the names of

Advocates, who were not on

the regular Panel of CBEC, but have been engaged and/or allotted cases for conducting and defending cases on behalf

of Customs department before

Principal Bombay High Court between

the period July 2016 to September 2017.

2. Kindly provide list of cases allotted to Senior and Junior

the Bench of

Counsels, who were on the regular Panel of CBEC, during the period July 2016 to

September 2017 for

conducting and defending cases before the Principal Bench of Bombay High Court on behalf of the Customs department.

3. Kindly provide extract of rules permitting the Customs department to engage the services of Advocates/Counsels who are not on the Panel of CBEC (now CBIC) for conduction and defending cases on behalf of the Customs Department (d) Whether the infomation is By Post. required by post or in person

:I am enclosing IPO no, 52PGsss4 dated el 22L towards the application fees. I undertake to pay all the cost/charges towards

copying, postage etc. as.per rules

(4 Fees

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(5) Purpose for Information Court proceedings

Place : Mumbai Date Signature

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (AMPORT IM

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F.No. RTI UMP II 44/2020-21 RT 22.03.2021

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wTo Mr. Rajiv G Mehta 115/12. AnantSmruti. L. N. Road, 4th Lane Hindu Colony. Dadar East. Mumbai 400 014.

Ha/Sir

faa/Subject: Application seeking Information under the RTI Act, 2005.

Please refer to your online RTI application no CCUM1/R/P/21/00019/2 dated 05/03/2021

seeking information under the RTI Act, 2005.

In this regard, this office had sought information from concerned section i.e. Legal cell (Import

I) and the reply has been received from their office. Accordingly, the reply of Import lI

Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone I regarding the information sought by you is as under

1. Kindly provide the list of cases corresponding the names of Advocates, who were not on the

regular Panel of CBEC, but have been engaged and/or allotted cases for conducting and

defending cases on behalf of Customs department before the Principal Bench of Bombay High

Court between the period July 2016 to September 2017. NIL.

2. Kindly provide list of cases allotted to Senior and Junior Counsels, who were on the regular

Panel of CBEC, during the period July 2016 to September 2017 for conducting and defending

cases before the Principal Bench of Bombay High Court on behalf of the Customs department.

This information cannot be provided under See 8(1%d) &G) of RTI Act 2005, read as: "8.

Exemption from disclosure of information:- () Nowithstanding anything contained in this

Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, - (d) information including commercial

confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the

competitive position of a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger

public interest warrants the disclosure of such information. j) information which relates to

personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or

interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Publie Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger publie interest justifes the disclosure of such information: Provided that the information which cannot be denied

to the Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to any person."

3. Kindly provide extract of rules permitting the Customs department to engage the services of Advocates/Counsels who arenot on the Panel of CBEC(now CBIC) for conduction and

defending cases on behalf of the Customs Department: Not Applicable.

lf you are not satistied with the reply, you may prefer an appeal, within 30 days to the

First Appellate Authority whose contact details are given below-

Name and address of the Appellate Authority: Shri. V Ramanadha Reddy

Joint Commissioner of Customs (Import-1I)

1s floor, Main Building. New Customs House,

Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400 001.

TYT faeartt Yours faithfully,

20-3

(Pushpraj Dahiwale)

AIEf,7TICPIo,

C. Assistant

Commissioner of Customs

HTT.1,FH - ATYTT)}M)/RTI Cell (Import i)

Spee Em 19916644SIN

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