Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Clandestine removal must be proved by tangible, corroborative evidence, and not by assumptions, private records, or unverified electronic material. The Revenue produced no evidence of excess raw material, unaccounted finished goods, abnormal power use, extra labour, transport of alleged clearances, sale proceeds, or unexplained deposits, so the duty demand failed. Printouts from pen drives were inadmissible because the conditions of Section 36B were not satisfied, and statements recorded during investigation could not be relied on without compliance with Section 9D. With the foundational allegation unproved, the interest and penalties also failed and were set aside.
Clandestine removal must be proved by tangible, corroborative evidence, and not by assumptions, private records, or unverified electronic material. The Revenue produced no evidence of excess raw material, unaccounted finished goods, abnormal power use, extra labour, transport of alleged clearances, sale proceeds, or unexplained deposits, so the duty demand failed. Printouts from pen drives were inadmissible because the conditions of Section 36B were not satisfied, and statements recorded during investigation could not be relied on without compliance with Section 9D. With the foundational allegation unproved, the interest and penalties also failed and were set aside.
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