JOB POST: Junior/Senior Standing Counsel at the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence: Apply by July 31

29 Jun 2023

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About DRI

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is the apex anti-smuggling agency of India, working under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is tasked with detecting and curbing the smuggling of contraband, including drug trafficking and illicit international trade in wildlife and environmentally sensitive items, as well as combating commercial frauds related to international trade and evasion of Customs duty.

About the Opportunity

Counsels are engaged by the department for representing the department before different High Courts/other Judicial bodies in cases relating to indirect taxation. The Counsels engaged by the department will fall into three categories- · ·

Junior Standing Counsels
Senior Standing Counsels
Standing Counsels

Eligibility Criteria

Junior Standing Counsel: In order to be eligible for appointment as Junior Standing Counsel a person should:

be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court.
have a minimum experience of three years of handling preferably Customs and Central Excise and Service Tax matters before the High Court or Tribunals, or
Have been an officer of the Customs & Central Excise Department who retired/resigned from the post of Additional Commissioner of Customss/Excise.

Senior Standing Counsels: In order to be eligible for appointment as Senior Standing Counsel a person should:

be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court.

have a minimum experience of five years of handling preferably Customs and Central Excise and Service Tax matters before the High Court or Tribunals, or
Have been an officer of the Custom & Central Excise Department who retired/resigned from the post of Commissioner of Custom/Central Excise or above or retired/resigned as Member/Vice President/President of CESTAT/Settlement Commission.

Standing Counsels:

In a station where counsels do not have sufficient experience to be appointed as Senior Standing Counsels, the senior most among the panel of Junior Standing Counsels of the Department at that station may be designated by the Chief Commissioner of Custom/Central Excise as the Standing Counsel while other Counsels should be categorized as Junior Standing Counsels.

How to Apply?

Eligible and willing applicants may apply in proforma “A” or ”A- I” (as applicable) including e-mail address for correspondence, to the Additional Director (Legal), Office of Directorate or Revenue Intelligence, 7^th Floor, ”D” Block, Drum Shape Building, l.P. Estate, New Delhi 110002.