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 for short-levied customs duty arising from a Customs House Agents substitution and misappropriation was examined; where importers bona fide tendered payment by demand drafts to their CHA and documentary bank evidence supported that tender, liability for unpaid duty and penalties was attributed to the CHAs misconduct and not to the importers, resulting in annulment of the demand and penalties. The consequences of forged or substituted Bills of Entry, misappropriation of deposit accounts, and implications for MODVAT/central excise credit claims and supervision of bonded procedures were addressed as collateral issues.
Liability for short-levied customs duty arising from a Customs House Agents substitution and misappropriation was examined; where importers bona fide tendered payment by demand drafts to their CHA and documentary bank evidence supported that tender, liability for unpaid duty and penalties was attributed to the CHAs misconduct and not to the importers, resulting in annulment of the demand and penalties. The consequences of forged or substituted Bills of Entry, misappropriation of deposit accounts, and implications for MODVAT/central excise credit claims and supervision of bonded procedures were addressed as collateral issues.
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