Institutional incapacity in customs settlement proceedings excludes non-functional quorum periods from statutory disposal timelines, preventing automa...
Interactive touchscreen panels with integrated computing functions fall under automatic data-processing machines rather than display monitors for cust...
Ex parte injunction service requirements were substantially met, while civil recovery and SFIO investigation into provident fund defalcation continued...
Enforcement of resolution-plan directions continues without a Supreme Court stay, preventing suspension of redistribution and escrowed-fund distributi...
Third-party ownership claims over attached property require Special Court adjudication where purchasers lack registered sale deeds and bona fides rema...
Pure-agent reimbursements in clearing and forwarding services are excluded from taxable value when qualifying third-party payments are properly record...
Customs relief for Strait of Hormuz maritime disruptions remains available, with existing conditions continuing unchanged through the extended validit...
Levy of penalty u/s 114AA of Customs Act, 1962 - Smuggling - Red Sanders - prohibited goods or not - There is total lack of investigation on the aspects of who broke the seals on the plot enroute and how they got substituted and where have the substituted goods gone. Main culprits are still at large. - CESTAT held that, Exporters earning precious foreign exchange cannot be allowed to be victimised and still further penalised. The lack of knowledge brought on record by the Commissioner (Appeals) in his findings is supported in evidence not only by various statements but also circumstantial evidence. The incomplete investigation coupled with all above narrative does not justify imputation of malafide and penalties under Section 114 (i) and Section 114AA. - No penalty.
Levy of penalty u/s 114AA of Customs Act, 1962 - Smuggling - Red Sanders - prohibited goods or not - There is total lack of investigation on the aspects of who broke the seals on the plot enroute and how they got substituted and where have the substituted goods gone. Main culprits are still at large. - CESTAT held that, Exporters earning precious foreign exchange cannot be allowed to be victimised and still further penalised. The lack of knowledge brought on record by the Commissioner (Appeals) in his findings is supported in evidence not only by various statements but also circumstantial evidence. The incomplete investigation coupled with all above narrative does not justify imputation of malafide and penalties under Section 114 (i) and Section 114AA. - No penalty.
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