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...
Separately Identifiable Services: transportation found to be the essential character, so Cargo Handling classification and extended limitation rejecte...
Proceedings apply the preponderance of probabilities standard in adjudicating alleged unauthorised inward remittances and breaches of duties by authorised persons; the tribunal found contraventions established by corroborative bank credit entries and TT references and upheld liability for the transfers identified. The tribunal treated FEMA and Customs inquiries as independent, so absence of Customs action did not vitiate FEMA findings. Confiscation of seized foreign currency recovered from the individual was upheld for failure to surrender within the prescribed period. The tribunal adjusted seized cash against penalty and reduced cumulative penalties on the company and individual to specified amounts, while upholding the confiscation order.
Proceedings apply the preponderance of probabilities standard in adjudicating alleged unauthorised inward remittances and breaches of duties by authorised persons; the tribunal found contraventions established by corroborative bank credit entries and TT references and upheld liability for the transfers identified. The tribunal treated FEMA and Customs inquiries as independent, so absence of Customs action did not vitiate FEMA findings. Confiscation of seized foreign currency recovered from the individual was upheld for failure to surrender within the prescribed period. The tribunal adjusted seized cash against penalty and reduced cumulative penalties on the company and individual to specified amounts, while upholding the confiscation order.
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