Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
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...
Misdeclaration of an imported vehicle in description, origin, value and seating capacity attracted confiscation, redemption fine, duty and penalty under a scheme operating in distinct fields. The Court held that re-export after payment of redemption fine did not extinguish the importer's separate liability to duty, appropriation and other consequences flowing from improper import; Section 125(2) preserves liability to duty and charges in addition to redemption fine. It also upheld penalty for knowingly using false or incorrect documents, finding that Section 114AA covers making, signing or using materially false declarations and does not require a separate allegation that the importer personally caused falsification. The Tribunal's contrary view was set aside.
Misdeclaration of an imported vehicle in description, origin, value and seating capacity attracted confiscation, redemption fine, duty and penalty under a scheme operating in distinct fields. The Court held that re-export after payment of redemption fine did not extinguish the importer's separate liability to duty, appropriation and other consequences flowing from improper import; Section 125(2) preserves liability to duty and charges in addition to redemption fine. It also upheld penalty for knowingly using false or incorrect documents, finding that Section 114AA covers making, signing or using materially false declarations and does not require a separate allegation that the importer personally caused falsification. The Tribunal's contrary view was set aside.
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