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...
Natural justice and audi alteram partem obligations govern appellate adjudication: where an order is passed without affording the department a fair hearing, the appellate authority may set aside the decision and remand for fresh adjudication. Section 128-A permits referring matters back when principles of natural justice were not followed, and authorities must give clear reasons for orders. The impugned Commissioner (Appeals) order was found to breach natural justice and was set aside, with directions to decide the appeals de novo after giving both sides opportunity to be heard.
Natural justice and audi alteram partem obligations govern appellate adjudication: where an order is passed without affording the department a fair hearing, the appellate authority may set aside the decision and remand for fresh adjudication. Section 128-A permits referring matters back when principles of natural justice were not followed, and authorities must give clear reasons for orders. The impugned Commissioner (Appeals) order was found to breach natural justice and was set aside, with directions to decide the appeals de novo after giving both sides opportunity to be heard.
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