Demand of duty - denial of benefit of DFIA license - Once the...

Demand of duty - denial of benefit of DFIA license - Once the licence is made transferable, the same are traded by the parties through brokers, which is permitted under the DGFT Policy and Foreign Trade Policy. There was no reasons to disbelief the licences issued by the Competent Authority/DGFT. Thus, the same were duly reflected on the website of the DGFT. It is not the case of the Department that the licences itself were forged/fabricated. It is an admitted fact that the licences were genuinely issued by the DGFT after due diligence and were valid at the time of imports made by the appellants. - AT

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