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Issues: Whether the applicants were entitled to complete waiver of pre-deposit of the confirmed customs and central excise dues in view of the destruction of the goods in fire and the claim for remission.
Analysis: The goods were stored in a private bonded warehouse and were destroyed by fire. Although remission was sought under Section 23 of the Customs Act and Rule 21 of the Central Excise Rules, the goods had not been insured by a comprehensive policy in favour of the Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise as indicated in the Customs Manual. The insurance obtained covered only the value of the goods and not the duty element. In these circumstances, the plea for total waiver was not made out prima facie, though the facts justified partial relief.
Conclusion: Complete waiver was declined, but the applicants were directed to deposit Rs. 20 lakhs and were granted waiver of pre-deposit of the balance dues with stay of recovery during the pendency of the appeals.
Final Conclusion: The pre-deposit applications were partly allowed, with conditional relief confined to the amount directed to be deposited and protection against recovery of the remaining dues during the appeals.
Ratio Decidendi: Where goods in a private bonded warehouse are destroyed by fire, absence of the comprehensive insurance envisaged by the Customs Manual can justify refusal of total waiver of dues and support only partial relief on pre-deposit.
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