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...
Reopening of assessment was valid where specific information and documentary material, including affidavits and tally entries naming lenders, connected to the AOs independent formation of belief that income had escaped assessment, establishing a live link and satisfying the tangible material requirement for initiating proceedings; therefore reassessment jurisdiction was sustained. Separately, denial of opportunity to cross-examine a witness whose statement formed the basis of additions violated principles of natural justice; the impugned appellate order is set aside on that issue and the matter is remitted with direction to permit cross-examination.
Reopening of assessment was valid where specific information and documentary material, including affidavits and tally entries naming lenders, connected to the AOs independent formation of belief that income had escaped assessment, establishing a live link and satisfying the tangible material requirement for initiating proceedings; therefore reassessment jurisdiction was sustained. Separately, denial of opportunity to cross-examine a witness whose statement formed the basis of additions violated principles of natural justice; the impugned appellate order is set aside on that issue and the matter is remitted with direction to permit cross-examination.
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