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...
Assessment jurisdiction under search provisions cannot be assumed for unabated years based on third-party digital chats; the third-party WhatsApp material was unrelated, post-facto and not incriminating, consequently the addition was deleted. The revenue bears the onus to prove unrecorded consideration, and reliance on uncorroborated digital chats or 'dumb documents' is impermissible, so the on-money addition failed on merits. Extrapolating modus operandi or materials from another entity or assessment year to make additions is legally unsound; such additions were deleted. Alleged penny stock contrivances lacking incriminating search material and documentary proof were likewise disallowed and revenue appeals dismissed.
Assessment jurisdiction under search provisions cannot be assumed for unabated years based on third-party digital chats; the third-party WhatsApp material was unrelated, post-facto and not incriminating, consequently the addition was deleted. The revenue bears the onus to prove unrecorded consideration, and reliance on uncorroborated digital chats or 'dumb documents' is impermissible, so the on-money addition failed on merits. Extrapolating modus operandi or materials from another entity or assessment year to make additions is legally unsound; such additions were deleted. Alleged penny stock contrivances lacking incriminating search material and documentary proof were likewise disallowed and revenue appeals dismissed.
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