https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=30060 A consignments release dispute arose where goods were required to be released on furnishing bond and bank guarantee, but the department retained them despite the Court's earlier direction. The retention was found unjustified, and the explanation for non-release was rejected. As the consignments remained detained in defiance of the order, demurrage for the period of wrongful withholding was held not recoverable, and refund was due for that period. The apology tendered by the Commissioner was accepted, but only on payment of personal costs to be recovered from the officer's salary and paid to the assessee. en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=30060 A consignments release dispute arose where goods were required to be released on furnishing bond and bank guarantee, but the department retained them despite the Court's earlier direction. The retention was found unjustified, and the explanation for non-release was rejected. As the consignments remained detained in defiance of the order, demurrage for the period of wrongful withholding was held not recoverable, and refund was due for that period. The apology tendered by the Commissioner was accepted, but only on payment of personal costs to be recovered from the officer's salary and paid to the assessee. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=30060