Patent-settlement expenditure treated as commercially expedient revenue outlay, with foreign-law restrictions inapplicable before the prospective amen...
Misdeclaration of imported goods - Bitumen - Country of Origin - Redemption fine - Levy of penalty - The department was well within its right to seize the goods for such misdeclaration and impose penalties under Section 112 of Customs Act, 1962, notwithstanding the fact that the appellants had nothing to gain financially by such an action as there was no differential duty involved. We find that mens rea is not an essential prerequisite for action u/s 111(m) and Section 112(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. - AT
Misdeclaration of imported goods - Bitumen - Country of Origin - Redemption fine - Levy of penalty - The department was well within its right to seize the goods for such misdeclaration and impose penalties under Section 112 of Customs Act, 1962, notwithstanding the fact that the appellants had nothing to gain financially by such an action as there was no differential duty involved. We find that mens rea is not an essential prerequisite for action u/s 111(m) and Section 112(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. - AT
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