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Issues: (i) Whether confiscation of the imported steel rails for non-registration of the contract with the Iron & Steel Controller was sustainable; (ii) Whether the switch operating mechanism was liable to confiscation as non-OGL capital goods.
Issue (i): Whether confiscation of the imported steel rails for non-registration of the contract with the Iron & Steel Controller was sustainable.
Analysis: The steel rails were already covered by the Tribunal's earlier decision on the identical issue, where non-registration was treated as only a technical lapse and confiscation was found unwarranted.
Conclusion: The confiscation of the steel rails was set aside and the redemption fines were annulled, in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether the switch operating mechanism was liable to confiscation as non-OGL capital goods.
Analysis: The earlier decision treated the switch operating mechanism as capital goods and not as raw materials or consumables, and upheld confiscation on that basis.
Conclusion: The confiscation of the switch operating mechanism and the fine in lieu of confiscation were upheld, against the assessee.
Final Conclusion: Relief was granted in respect of the steel rails, but the confiscation and fine relating to the switch operating mechanism remained undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: Non-registration of an import contract, where it is only a technical lapse, does not by itself warrant confiscation of goods, but capital goods imported contrary to the applicable import control conditions may still be confiscated.
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