Minimum Import Price restrictions for Black Pepper, Areca-nuts and Apples upheld; procedural laying failure not fatal, notifications to be placed befo...
Transaction value between related persons requires market-equivalent pricing; importer must prove declared value mirrors ordinary international trade ...
Classification of exported insecticides under export tariff affirmed; reclassification and related penalties set aside and MEIS scrip jurisdiction rec...
Misclassification between copra and dry coconut: customs recovery and re-valuation quashed for lack of prior licensing-authority invalidation, appeals...
Liability of directors for a company tax debt is contingent on a recorded finding that tax dues cannot be recovered from the company; absent such a finding, proceedings against directors under the statutory provision are impermissible, and the impugned order is set aside on that sole ground. The note clarifies that if, during recovery, the precondition of non-recoverability is subsequently established, invocation of the statutory power against directors remains available but must be exercised strictly in accordance with law and upon satisfaction of the prescribed precondition.
Liability of directors for a company tax debt is contingent on a recorded finding that tax dues cannot be recovered from the company; absent such a finding, proceedings against directors under the statutory provision are impermissible, and the impugned order is set aside on that sole ground. The note clarifies that if, during recovery, the precondition of non-recoverability is subsequently established, invocation of the statutory power against directors remains available but must be exercised strictly in accordance with law and upon satisfaction of the prescribed precondition.
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