Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Availability of an efficacious statutory appeal against assessment orders bars resort to writ jurisdiction; failure to disclose that remedy and a misleading claim of no alternate efficacious remedy warranted dismissal, and the petitioner was granted liberty to pursue the statutory appeal. Disputed factual questions-specifically service of notice by electronic means and infringement of natural justice-are unsuitable for summary resolution in writ proceedings and do not justify bypassing the appellate scheme. All substantive contentions remain open for determination before the appellate forum.
Availability of an efficacious statutory appeal against assessment orders bars resort to writ jurisdiction; failure to disclose that remedy and a misleading claim of no alternate efficacious remedy warranted dismissal, and the petitioner was granted liberty to pursue the statutory appeal. Disputed factual questions-specifically service of notice by electronic means and infringement of natural justice-are unsuitable for summary resolution in writ proceedings and do not justify bypassing the appellate scheme. All substantive contentions remain open for determination before the appellate forum.
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