Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Customs Valuation Rule Sequence must be followed; single-comparator re-determination and penalties set aside without comparability or proof of mis-dec...
Whether seized documents constituted "incriminating material" to sustain an addition under section 68: Tribunal found the assessee's books and financials consistently showed investment/trading in shares, no evidence of physical movement of goods, and no AO finding that seized Tally data were parallel books; search material related to other group entities and thus irrelevant to the assessee's transactions. Legal basis: absence of incriminating material and reliance on Supreme Court precedent. Outcome: addition treating loans as bogus under section 68 is unsupported and is deleted; appeal allowed. - ITAT
Whether seized documents constituted "incriminating material" to sustain an addition under section 68: Tribunal found the assessee's books and financials consistently showed investment/trading in shares, no evidence of physical movement of goods, and no AO finding that seized Tally data were parallel books; search material related to other group entities and thus irrelevant to the assessee's transactions. Legal basis: absence of incriminating material and reliance on Supreme Court precedent. Outcome: addition treating loans as bogus under section 68 is unsupported and is deleted; appeal allowed. - ITAT
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