https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42608 Informer rewards under the customs notification were confined to cases where seizure or detection resulted from information supplied to the department. On the facts, the petitioners merely salvaged contraband from a capsized boat and handed it to Customs; that act did not amount to furnishing information in the legal sense required by the notification. The High Court therefore held that the claim fell outside the reward scheme and declined to issue a writ of mandamus compelling payment, while observing that the department could consider ex gratia relief. en-us Tue, 11 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:06:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42608 Informer rewards under the customs notification were confined to cases where seizure or detection resulted from information supplied to the department. On the facts, the petitioners merely salvaged contraband from a capsized boat and handed it to Customs; that act did not amount to furnishing information in the legal sense required by the notification. The High Court therefore held that the claim fell outside the reward scheme and declined to issue a writ of mandamus compelling payment, while observing that the department could consider ex gratia relief. Case-Laws Central Excise Tue, 11 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42608