https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80650 For imports under Open General Licence, the contract had to be registered with NEFED before shipment, as the Import and Export Policy read with the Handbook treated shipment date as the relevant criterion; registration only before arrival at an Indian port was insufficient, so late registration breached the policy and justified confiscation. The breach was treated as technical because the contracts were registered before the goods reached port and the requirement served mainly statistical control, so the redemption fine was reduced while confiscation was maintained. en-us Wed, 16 May 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:35:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80650 For imports under Open General Licence, the contract had to be registered with NEFED before shipment, as the Import and Export Policy read with the Handbook treated shipment date as the relevant criterion; registration only before arrival at an Indian port was insufficient, so late registration breached the policy and justified confiscation. The breach was treated as technical because the contracts were registered before the goods reached port and the requirement served mainly statistical control, so the redemption fine was reduced while confiscation was maintained. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 16 May 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80650