Appeal allowed; impugned order quashed as regulator failed to prove nexus or manipulative scheme; sale genuine - s.12A(a)-(c), Regs 3(a)-(d),4(1),4(2)...
Appellant's ring-back tone service held OIDAR, taxable domestically for 01.07.2012-31.07.2016; liability confirmed, penalties vacated, remanded for re...
CESTAT allowed the appeal and set aside the Principal Commissioner's order dated 20.08.2020. The Tribunal held the adjudicating authority erred procedurally by relying on a chartered engineer's report without allowing cross-examination, and there was no admissible evidence that the appellant imported complete CKD/SKD e-rickshaws; therefore classification as parts only (CTH 8708) stood. The invocation of extended limitation failed for want of a finding of deliberate suppression to evade duty. Consequential findings of confiscation and imposition of penalties under the Customs Act (including on the appellant's MD and the CHA and its G-card holder) were unsustainable and were quashed.
CESTAT allowed the appeal and set aside the Principal Commissioner's order dated 20.08.2020. The Tribunal held the adjudicating authority erred procedurally by relying on a chartered engineer's report without allowing cross-examination, and there was no admissible evidence that the appellant imported complete CKD/SKD e-rickshaws; therefore classification as parts only (CTH 8708) stood. The invocation of extended limitation failed for want of a finding of deliberate suppression to evade duty. Consequential findings of confiscation and imposition of penalties under the Customs Act (including on the appellant's MD and the CHA and its G-card holder) were unsustainable and were quashed.
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