Search and seizure: abatement of earlier search bars use of prior seized material in later search-based assessments; relief limited to new documents f...
Admission of additional evidence under remand rules must await a meaningful remand report; failure to do so breaches natural justice and mandates rema...
Export Obligation Discharge Certificates for EPCG compliance cannot be questioned by Customs unless DGFT adjudicates and cancels them, so demands quas...
Confiscation proceedings concerning alleged excess stock of imported electronic goods were challenged on the ground that, although the authority offered offering provisional release, it neither quantified the amount payable nor stipulated any conditions for such release, rendering the option illusory. The forum noted that the seized goods were imported about six years earlier and were likely technologically outdated, requiring a policy-level resolution on provisional release where seizures are based on suspected GST evasion. The matter was directed to be placed before the GST Council for appropriate policy consideration, and the writ petition was disposed of accordingly. - HC
Confiscation proceedings concerning alleged excess stock of imported electronic goods were challenged on the ground that, although the authority offered offering provisional release, it neither quantified the amount payable nor stipulated any conditions for such release, rendering the option illusory. The forum noted that the seized goods were imported about six years earlier and were likely technologically outdated, requiring a policy-level resolution on provisional release where seizures are based on suspected GST evasion. The matter was directed to be placed before the GST Council for appropriate policy consideration, and the writ petition was disposed of accordingly. - HC
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.