https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217507 The court dismissed the writ petition challenging the confiscation order and penalty, emphasizing the petitioner's failure to exhaust statutory remedies. It held that the petitioner could not directly challenge the confiscation and penalty in the writ petition and noted that the adjudicating and appellate authorities had considered the arguments adequately. The court affirmed the independence of confiscation proceedings from criminal cases, upholding the confiscation and penalty despite the discharge in the criminal case. en-us Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217507 The court dismissed the writ petition challenging the confiscation order and penalty, emphasizing the petitioner's failure to exhaust statutory remedies. It held that the petitioner could not directly challenge the confiscation and penalty in the writ petition and noted that the adjudicating and appellate authorities had considered the arguments adequately. The court affirmed the independence of confiscation proceedings from criminal cases, upholding the confiscation and penalty despite the discharge in the criminal case. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217507