https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208097 Commercial quantity of saffron carried through the baggage channel was treated as non-bona fide baggage, making the import impermissible under the foreign trade regime and supporting confiscation and personal penalty under customs law. The confiscation and contravention finding were sustained because the goods were not shown to be legitimate baggage and the trade import restriction applied. Redemption principles nevertheless allowed re-export of the confiscated goods on payment of fine, and the personal penalty was reduced after reconsideration, with excess penalty adjusted toward the re-export fine. en-us Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208097 Commercial quantity of saffron carried through the baggage channel was treated as non-bona fide baggage, making the import impermissible under the foreign trade regime and supporting confiscation and personal penalty under customs law. The confiscation and contravention finding were sustained because the goods were not shown to be legitimate baggage and the trade import restriction applied. Redemption principles nevertheless allowed re-export of the confiscated goods on payment of fine, and the personal penalty was reduced after reconsideration, with excess penalty adjusted toward the re-export fine. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=208097