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...
Addition under section 40A(3) challenged on facts showing freight payments were not made in cash to a single driver exceeding the statutory limit, and the appellate authority found records and affidavits supporting that payments were direct to drivers, resulting in deletion of the addition. Addition for alleged unrecorded cash payment based on mobile messages was deleted because the messages were unauthenticated, no verification or enquiry was made of the purported recipients, books were not rejected, and there was no corroborative evidence, leading to deletion.
Addition under section 40A(3) challenged on facts showing freight payments were not made in cash to a single driver exceeding the statutory limit, and the appellate authority found records and affidavits supporting that payments were direct to drivers, resulting in deletion of the addition. Addition for alleged unrecorded cash payment based on mobile messages was deleted because the messages were unauthenticated, no verification or enquiry was made of the purported recipients, books were not rejected, and there was no corroborative evidence, leading to deletion.
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