Most people use Case Laws in their replies to Show Cause Notices. Few love to overburden the Officer with as many case laws they find in search. Simply adding these bulky case laws to you reply is not going to help you.

But if you avoid these Three (3) common mistakes, I guarantee you won’t regret reading this post.

𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 - 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀: You should use only those case laws that are relevant to your case. Quoting a case law merely to make your reply bulky is not going to help you.

𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮 - 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: With Technology, our reading habits have changed a lot. There are instances where a case is mentioned in reply on the basis of conclusions drawn by reading the headnote alone.

My advice to everyone would be to read whole judgment of all the cases they are going to rely upon.

𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 - 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀: While doing research for the reply, you will encounter certain adverse case laws. Ignoring them is not going to help you. You should mention these judgments in your reply, and you should distinguish them

If you don't distinguish them, then the Department will definitely will use them, and then you will have no option to distinguish them.

I want to write Part 2 of this post with the top 5 or top 10 mistakes, but I don't know whether you find this post valuable or not. So if you want me to write Part 2 please reply in the comment section.