Court reduces bank guarantee to 5% of goods value, assessee still liable for full duty. Goods released with modified guarantee. The judge found a typographical discrepancy and agreed with the appellant's plea to reduce the bank guarantee amount to 5% of the goods' value. Despite ...
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Court reduces bank guarantee to 5% of goods value, assessee still liable for full duty. Goods released with modified guarantee.
The judge found a typographical discrepancy and agreed with the appellant's plea to reduce the bank guarantee amount to 5% of the goods' value. Despite the reduction, the assessee remained liable for the full duty amount. The goods were ordered to be released with the modified bank guarantee requirement. A miscellaneous application for early hearing was granted, and the appeal was disposed of accordingly, with an immediate copy of the order to be provided.
Issues Involved: Financial hardship due to provisional release order and bank guarantee amount reduction.
Analysis: The appellant pleaded financial hardship due to the terms in the provisional release order issued by the Principal Commissioner, requiring a substantial bank guarantee. They cited legal precedents to support their plea, including a decision by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and a CESTAT Hyderabad decision. The appellant expressed inability to honor the bank guarantee amount specified in the order.
The Assistant Commissioner objected to the reduction of the bank guarantee amount, highlighting a discrepancy in the appeal and the amount deposited by the assessee as evidenced by the submitted challans.
After reviewing the facts, the judge found the discrepancy to be typographical and agreed with the appellant's argument that the bank guarantee amount should be reduced to 5% of the value of the goods. The judgment emphasized that regardless of the bank guarantee reduction, the assessee would still be liable to pay the full duty amount. As a result, the goods were ordered to be released in accordance with the Principal Commissioner's order, with the modification that a bank guarantee of 5% of the goods' value should be furnished.
A miscellaneous application for early hearing was allowed, and the appeal was disposed of based on the above terms. The order was to be given Dasti, indicating that a copy would be provided immediately.
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