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Transaction value and connected person treatment in excise valuation: proprietary concerns not inter connected undertakings, relief on valuation and c...
Appointment of Registrars as adjudicating officers under Companies Act reallocates territorial jurisdiction and sets appeal route to Regional Director...
An exemption notification that alters the aggregate duty payable is treated as directly and proximately relating to the rate of duty or value for assessment; applying the Direct and Proximate Relation Test, where a classification issue is accompanied by a claim under an exemption notification affecting duty/value, the exclusion from High Court appellate jurisdiction applies and the proper remedy is to the Supreme Court under Section 130E. Consequentially, appeals to the High Court were held not maintainable and the department may approach the Supreme Court.
An exemption notification that alters the aggregate duty payable is treated as directly and proximately relating to the rate of duty or value for assessment; applying the Direct and Proximate Relation Test, where a classification issue is accompanied by a claim under an exemption notification affecting duty/value, the exclusion from High Court appellate jurisdiction applies and the proper remedy is to the Supreme Court under Section 130E. Consequentially, appeals to the High Court were held not maintainable and the department may approach the Supreme Court.
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