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...
Separately Identifiable Services: transportation found to be the essential character, so Cargo Handling classification and extended limitation rejecte...
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
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