Authentication of paper assessment orders upheld, while qualifying repairs, consumables and vendor advance write-offs remain deductible business claim...
Transaction value cannot be rejected solely on non-statutory valuation guidelines without corroborative evidence supporting reassessment of final cust...
Cross-examination rights and corroborated evidence limit customs penalties for misdeclaration in genuine import transactions involving documented clea...
Tariff classification of vehicle gear components follows the specific gearing entry, displacing motor-vehicle parts classification and related liabili...
Necessary-party requirements limit impleadment of independent entities, while deferred consideration does not create an appealable adverse determinati...
Clandestine Removal - allegation of two sets of invoices - admissible evidences - it is found that the department has not complied with Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 while retrieving the data from the hard disc. The provision does not say that if the documents are sent to Central Forensic Laboratory, Hyderabad, it would become admissible. Further, such documents have been compared with the photocopies of the printouts sent by the Income Tax Department to the Central Excise investigating officers. Such documents cannot be relied for confirmation of duty, when obtained without following the mandate under Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 - AT
Clandestine Removal - allegation of two sets of invoices - admissible evidences - it is found that the department has not complied with Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 while retrieving the data from the hard disc. The provision does not say that if the documents are sent to Central Forensic Laboratory, Hyderabad, it would become admissible. Further, such documents have been compared with the photocopies of the printouts sent by the Income Tax Department to the Central Excise investigating officers. Such documents cannot be relied for confirmation of duty, when obtained without following the mandate under Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 - AT
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