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...
Notice to show-cause confines adjudication: an order cannot extend beyond issues specified in the notice and Section 75(7) manifests that principle; holding that treating reverse-charge supplies as forward-charge without such notice violated statutory mandate, and that the appellate authority erred in deeming this a mere "technical" quantification-consequence: appellate order set aside and matter remitted. Natural justice and disclosure: where the notice relies on GST back-office data within tax authorities' special knowledge, the assessee must be afforded access and an effective opportunity to meet the case-consequence: fresh show-cause/adjudication directed with necessary disclosure and hearing; limitation cannot be raised later unless available at initial notice. - HC
Notice to show-cause confines adjudication: an order cannot extend beyond issues specified in the notice and Section 75(7) manifests that principle; holding that treating reverse-charge supplies as forward-charge without such notice violated statutory mandate, and that the appellate authority erred in deeming this a mere "technical" quantification-consequence: appellate order set aside and matter remitted. Natural justice and disclosure: where the notice relies on GST back-office data within tax authorities' special knowledge, the assessee must be afforded access and an effective opportunity to meet the case-consequence: fresh show-cause/adjudication directed with necessary disclosure and hearing; limitation cannot be raised later unless available at initial notice. - HC
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