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Issues: Whether Marine Gas Oil (HSD) lying in the fuel tanks of vessels imported for breaking is to be treated as a restricted import liable to confiscation and penalty, or as part of the vessel classifiable under Heading 89.08 and free from ITC restrictions.
Analysis: The dispute was covered by an earlier Tribunal decision holding that surplus fuel contained in the tanks of a vessel imported for breaking forms part of the vessel and is classifiable under Heading 89.08 for import policy purposes. The Tribunal treated the clarification issued by the office of DGFT as binding on Customs on questions of ITC classification, and followed the same view in the present appeals. Since the fuel was not separately imported but was present in the vessel at the time of import for breaking, it could not be treated as a restricted item attracting confiscation or penalty under the Customs Act.
Conclusion: The imported Marine Gas Oil/HSD was held to be part of the vessel for import policy purposes and not a restricted item. Confiscation under Section 111(d) of the Customs Act, 1962 and penalty under Section 112(a) of the Customs Act, 1962 were unsustainable, and the appeals were allowed in favour of the assessees.
Ratio Decidendi: For vessels imported for breaking, surplus fuel contained in the fuel tanks is to be treated as an integral part of the vessel for ITC classification, and DGFT clarification on such classification is binding on Customs for import policy purposes.
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