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...
Customs Valuation Rule Sequence must be followed; single-comparator re-determination and penalties set aside without comparability or proof of mis-dec...
Additions based on documents seized in the case of another person must be brought within the reassessment framework under Explanation 2 to section 148, after recording the prescribed satisfaction and obtaining statutory approval; they cannot be made in a regular assessment under section 143(3). The ITAT held that the Assessing Officer's use of third-party search material without following that mandatory procedure rendered the assessment invalid. The assessment order was therefore quashed, and the remaining grounds became academic.
Additions based on documents seized in the case of another person must be brought within the reassessment framework under Explanation 2 to section 148, after recording the prescribed satisfaction and obtaining statutory approval; they cannot be made in a regular assessment under section 143(3). The ITAT held that the Assessing Officer's use of third-party search material without following that mandatory procedure rendered the assessment invalid. The assessment order was therefore quashed, and the remaining grounds became academic.
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