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...
Validity of assessment order under Section 143(3) read with Section 144B was challenged where the assessing authority based an addition under Section 69 solely on aggregate import figures received from CBEC without furnishing breakup or underlying import bills; the court held that reliance on undisclosed third-party data without providing particulars or opportunity to reconcile breached principles of natural justice, vitiating the addition and assessment; the court noted prior transfer pricing scrutiny found purchases at arms length and remanded the matter for reconsideration after disclosure of the material relied upon.
Validity of assessment order under Section 143(3) read with Section 144B was challenged where the assessing authority based an addition under Section 69 solely on aggregate import figures received from CBEC without furnishing breakup or underlying import bills; the court held that reliance on undisclosed third-party data without providing particulars or opportunity to reconcile breached principles of natural justice, vitiating the addition and assessment; the court noted prior transfer pricing scrutiny found purchases at arms length and remanded the matter for reconsideration after disclosure of the material relied upon.
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