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Imported goods released to petitioners with duty payment within a week; liability on customs authorities for demurrage. The Court ordered the release of imported goods to the petitioners, the actual beneficiaries, upon payment of any outstanding duty within a week. The ...
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Imported goods released to petitioners with duty payment within a week; liability on customs authorities for demurrage.
The Court ordered the release of imported goods to the petitioners, the actual beneficiaries, upon payment of any outstanding duty within a week. The Court held that any liability for demurrage/detention charges, if applicable, would be on the customs authorities due to their intentional omission of issuing the detention certificate. The judgment emphasized that after considering an application for waiver, any liability arising from demurrage/detention charges would be the responsibility of the customs authorities.
Issues: Detention of imported goods, irregularity in importation process, release of goods, liability for demurrage/detention charges.
Detention of Imported Goods: The petitioner challenged the detention of goods imported through Bills of Entry dated 11-10-2017 by M/s. Manoj Enterprises. The goods were detained and handed over to the custodian/CELEBI. Despite no prohibition on the goods, an irregularity was noted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) that the goods were imported using a dummy IEC. The DRI recommended release of the goods to the actual beneficiaries, the present petitioners and Afzal Khan. The DRI expressed no objection to the release of goods to the concerned beneficiaries upon payment of any differential duty.
Irregularity in Importation Process: The Counsel for the Revenue argued that if the importer purchases the goods, they could be released. The Court observed that the goods had been detained for over a year with no irregularities indicated by the DRI. Given the DRI's recommendation and no objection for release upon payment of any differential duty, the Court ordered the release of goods to the present petitioners, the actual beneficiaries, upon depositing the required duty within a week.
Release of Goods: The Court found it unfortunate that the Customs authorities omitted issuing the detention certificate intentionally. It was decided that any liability for demurrage/detention charges, if applicable, would be on the customs authorities in this case. The writ petition was allowed, and the goods were to be released to the petitioners upon payment of any outstanding duty.
Liability for Demurrage/Detention Charges: The judgment highlighted that any liability arising from demurrage/detention charges, after considering an application for waiver, would be the responsibility of the customs authorities in the circumstances of the case. The writ petition was allowed, and the goods were to be released to the petitioners upon compliance with the payment of any differential duty.
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