Maintainability of a Section 7 insolvency petition against a financial service provider denied; appeal dismissed for non maintainability and complex d...
Provisional attachment under Prevention of Money Laundering Act requires exhaustion of statutory remedies; impugned order set aside, appeal to tribuna...
Restoration of property under Prevention of Money Laundering Act after attachment dispute rendered academic; possession directed to successful resolut...
Classification of used metal articles as waste and scrap turns on proof of serviceability; absent expert examination or documentary evidence that imported pipes were fit for original use, they must be treated as melting scrap. Revenue's on-site inspection without a chartered engineer and reliance on contemporaneous imports or subsequent clearances did not satisfy the burden to establish mis-declaration. Applying the Section Note definition of waste and scrap and precedential authority, confiscation, valuation enhancement and penalties were unsustainable and the impugned measures were set aside, with consequential relief to the importer.
Classification of used metal articles as waste and scrap turns on proof of serviceability; absent expert examination or documentary evidence that imported pipes were fit for original use, they must be treated as melting scrap. Revenue's on-site inspection without a chartered engineer and reliance on contemporaneous imports or subsequent clearances did not satisfy the burden to establish mis-declaration. Applying the Section Note definition of waste and scrap and precedential authority, confiscation, valuation enhancement and penalties were unsustainable and the impugned measures were set aside, with consequential relief to the importer.
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