Deductibility for charitable donations affirmed where payments to approved relief funds, even if CSR-driven, qualify under the donation deduction sche...
Mis-declaration in import descriptions must be deliberate to justify confiscation; withheld contemporaneous import documents invalidate value redeterm...
Liability for EPCG export shortfall: duty and interest sustained, but confiscation and penalties quashed where no fraud and causes beyond importer con...
Applicability of admissibility rules for investigation statements and electronic records in customs valuation is examined: statements recorded under interrogation provisions cannot be relied upon for rejecting declared transaction value where the certificate and procedural safeguards for electronic records were not complied with, and where statements were retracted; absence of a panchnama for email printouts and noncompliance with the certificate requirement for investigative statements rendered reliance on such material improper, making re-determination of value under valuation rules and consequent penalties unsustainable, resulting in setting aside the valuation rejection and penalty imposition.
Applicability of admissibility rules for investigation statements and electronic records in customs valuation is examined: statements recorded under interrogation provisions cannot be relied upon for rejecting declared transaction value where the certificate and procedural safeguards for electronic records were not complied with, and where statements were retracted; absence of a panchnama for email printouts and noncompliance with the certificate requirement for investigative statements rendered reliance on such material improper, making re-determination of value under valuation rules and consequent penalties unsustainable, resulting in setting aside the valuation rejection and penalty imposition.
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