https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33663 Section 125 of the Customs Act permits redemption of confiscated prohibited goods on payment of fine unless the statute expressly bars that option, and the article rejects reading in a limit confined only to absolutely prohibited goods. It also states that appellate interference with a penalty imposed in the exercise of statutory discretion is unwarranted absent demonstrable error, so reduction of the firm's penalty and deletion of the partner's penalty were unsustainable. The result is that redemption remained legally available for the confiscated sandalwood, while the original penalties were restored. en-us Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33663 Section 125 of the Customs Act permits redemption of confiscated prohibited goods on payment of fine unless the statute expressly bars that option, and the article rejects reading in a limit confined only to absolutely prohibited goods. It also states that appellate interference with a penalty imposed in the exercise of statutory discretion is unwarranted absent demonstrable error, so reduction of the firm's penalty and deletion of the partner's penalty were unsustainable. The result is that redemption remained legally available for the confiscated sandalwood, while the original penalties were restored. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33663