Minimum Import Price restrictions for Black Pepper, Areca-nuts and Apples upheld; procedural laying failure not fatal, notifications to be placed befo...
Transaction value between related persons requires market-equivalent pricing; importer must prove declared value mirrors ordinary international trade ...
Classification of exported insecticides under export tariff affirmed; reclassification and related penalties set aside and MEIS scrip jurisdiction rec...
Misclassification between copra and dry coconut: customs recovery and re-valuation quashed for lack of prior licensing-authority invalidation, appeals...
The dominant issue was whether customs duty and consequential penalties under sections 112(a) and 114AA of the Customs Act could be sustained when the Order-in-Original fastened liability on multiple separate legal entities on a "jointly and/or severally" basis, allegedly arising from under-declaration of goods to reduce commission payable to IEC holders or their employees. Relying on prior decisions that duty demands cannot be confirmed on a joint/several basis against different persons, the order was set aside and the matter remanded for a fresh factual determination of the actual importer/beneficial owner against whom duty, if any, could be demanded. - CESTAT
The dominant issue was whether customs duty and consequential penalties under sections 112(a) and 114AA of the Customs Act could be sustained when the Order-in-Original fastened liability on multiple separate legal entities on a "jointly and/or severally" basis, allegedly arising from under-declaration of goods to reduce commission payable to IEC holders or their employees. Relying on prior decisions that duty demands cannot be confirmed on a joint/several basis against different persons, the order was set aside and the matter remanded for a fresh factual determination of the actual importer/beneficial owner against whom duty, if any, could be demanded. - CESTAT
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