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...
Separately Identifiable Services: transportation found to be the essential character, so Cargo Handling classification and extended limitation rejecte...
Service of a show cause notice by affixation is valid only when the prescribed alternative modes are not practicable and that impracticability is first recorded; absent such declaration, service is invalid and any demand founded on it is illegal. Recovery of tax before expiry of the statutory three-month payment period is permissible only where the proper officer records written reasons under the proviso for immediate action in the interest of revenue; recovery from the electronic ledger on the same day as the demand order, without recorded reasons, was therefore illegal. The demand order was set aside, refund was directed, and liberty was reserved to proceed afresh in accordance with law.
Service of a show cause notice by affixation is valid only when the prescribed alternative modes are not practicable and that impracticability is first recorded; absent such declaration, service is invalid and any demand founded on it is illegal. Recovery of tax before expiry of the statutory three-month payment period is permissible only where the proper officer records written reasons under the proviso for immediate action in the interest of revenue; recovery from the electronic ledger on the same day as the demand order, without recorded reasons, was therefore illegal. The demand order was set aside, refund was directed, and liberty was reserved to proceed afresh in accordance with law.
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