https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=237608 Detention of imported construction sand for want of plant quarantine clearance was not justified on the record where no separate customs misdeclaration or other infringement was alleged. The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 regulates specified agricultural and plant-related articles, and sand falls within its scope only if it answers the statutory definitions and is imported for the contemplated purposes. On the facts noted, construction sand imported for trading was not shown to require mandatory quarantine clearance, and the import was also treated as a free item. The Court confined itself to the legality of continued detention, leaving any confiscation or adjudication on merits open. en-us Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=237608 Detention of imported construction sand for want of plant quarantine clearance was not justified on the record where no separate customs misdeclaration or other infringement was alleged. The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 regulates specified agricultural and plant-related articles, and sand falls within its scope only if it answers the statutory definitions and is imported for the contemplated purposes. On the facts noted, construction sand imported for trading was not shown to require mandatory quarantine clearance, and the import was also treated as a free item. The Court confined itself to the legality of continued detention, leaving any confiscation or adjudication on merits open. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=237608