https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44806 Where confiscation proceedings were found infirm for violation of natural justice and the importer was not wholly responsible for the delay, the Court declined to insist on full payment of port and demurrage charges as a precondition for release of the goods. It directed an equitable interim arrangement: charges accrued up to intimation were to be calculated, the petitioners were to bear one-third, the Customs Authorities the remaining two-thirds, and the goods were to be released on payment of normal duties, bank charges, and an undertaking protecting the revenue position if the writ petition ultimately failed. en-us Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:27:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44806 Where confiscation proceedings were found infirm for violation of natural justice and the importer was not wholly responsible for the delay, the Court declined to insist on full payment of port and demurrage charges as a precondition for release of the goods. It directed an equitable interim arrangement: charges accrued up to intimation were to be calculated, the petitioners were to bear one-third, the Customs Authorities the remaining two-thirds, and the goods were to be released on payment of normal duties, bank charges, and an undertaking protecting the revenue position if the writ petition ultimately failed. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44806