Request-driven road restoration attracts reverse-charge GST, not governmental-function treatment or compensatory-damages status for business recipient...
Road restoration charges for commercial pipeline works are taxable Government services, with reverse charge liability and no public-function exemption...
Model-wise import cap monitoring cannot justify withholding used multifunction machines where all-India tracking is absent and full security is furnis...
Whether the customs broker breached regulatory obligations by facilitating duty-free import clearances that were later misused: tribunal held the post-import diversion by the importer was discovered only by subsequent DRI investigation and, as customs had initially cleared goods with no indication of misuse, the broker could not be held liable for violations of Regulations 11(d), 11(e), 11(m) and 11(n); those findings were set aside. Whether the broker failed in proactive duties under Regulation 11(a)/12(a): relying on Supreme Court precedent, the broker's lack of proactive authorization/representation warranted a reduced punitive response; revocation and security forfeiture quashed but a reasonable penalty was imposed. - CESTAT
Whether the customs broker breached regulatory obligations by facilitating duty-free import clearances that were later misused: tribunal held the post-import diversion by the importer was discovered only by subsequent DRI investigation and, as customs had initially cleared goods with no indication of misuse, the broker could not be held liable for violations of Regulations 11(d), 11(e), 11(m) and 11(n); those findings were set aside. Whether the broker failed in proactive duties under Regulation 11(a)/12(a): relying on Supreme Court precedent, the broker's lack of proactive authorization/representation warranted a reduced punitive response; revocation and security forfeiture quashed but a reasonable penalty was imposed. - CESTAT
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