Minimum Import Price restrictions for Black Pepper, Areca-nuts and Apples upheld; procedural laying failure not fatal, notifications to be placed befo...
Transaction value between related persons requires market-equivalent pricing; importer must prove declared value mirrors ordinary international trade ...
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...
A taxpayer showing prima facie prior payment of the same tax amount was entitled to place proof before the proper officer through a rectification application before any recovery action was taken. Where the revenue could not dispute that the receipt corresponded to the amount later treated as short-paid, the court directed verification in accordance with law to avoid double recovery of tax already paid. The petitioner was permitted to file the rectification application within the time granted, and the proper officer was required to consider it within a reasonable period.
A taxpayer showing prima facie prior payment of the same tax amount was entitled to place proof before the proper officer through a rectification application before any recovery action was taken. Where the revenue could not dispute that the receipt corresponded to the amount later treated as short-paid, the court directed verification in accordance with law to avoid double recovery of tax already paid. The petitioner was permitted to file the rectification application within the time granted, and the proper officer was required to consider it within a reasonable period.
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