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CESTAT allowed the appeals, invalidating the Principal Commissioner's order by finding critical evidentiary deficiencies. The tribunal determined that e-mail printouts were inadmissible due to lack of proper authentication, absence of contextual verification, and failure to establish direct relevance to the appellant's transaction. Without substantive evidence challenging the declared transaction value, the tribunal set aside the order for redemption fine and penalties, effectively upholding the appellant's original transaction value declaration for imported iron screws from China.
CESTAT allowed the appeals, invalidating the Principal Commissioner's order by finding critical evidentiary deficiencies. The tribunal determined that e-mail printouts were inadmissible due to lack of proper authentication, absence of contextual verification, and failure to establish direct relevance to the appellant's transaction. Without substantive evidence challenging the declared transaction value, the tribunal set aside the order for redemption fine and penalties, effectively upholding the appellant's original transaction value declaration for imported iron screws from China.
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