Extended period of limitation - Demand of differential duty...

Extended period of limitation - Demand of differential duty alongwith ineterst and penalty - The Assessing Officer would have checked and asked for the RSP of the motor vehicle parts before clearing the parts for home consumption. The appellant had, therefore, wilfully not declared the RSP of the imported goods with an intent to evade payment of appropriate customs duty on the imported goods. - There is no mis-statement or suppression of facts by the appellant. The basic ingredients for invoking the extended period of limitation do not, therefore, stand satisfied - AT

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