https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46248 During pendency of an appeal concerning confiscated goods, the authorities could not auction or otherwise dispose of the goods without prior permission of the appellate forum; any auction, if permitted, also required individual notice to the affected party. The HC held that auctioning the goods in a clandestine manner without such prior permission constituted a serious legal lapse causing financial loss, attracting compensatory restitution. The HC directed the authorities to refund to the petitioner the declared value of the confiscated goods and to pay interest at 9% per annum from the date of the unauthorised auction (21-05-1998), and disposed of the writ petition accordingly. en-us Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:11:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46248 During pendency of an appeal concerning confiscated goods, the authorities could not auction or otherwise dispose of the goods without prior permission of the appellate forum; any auction, if permitted, also required individual notice to the affected party. The HC held that auctioning the goods in a clandestine manner without such prior permission constituted a serious legal lapse causing financial loss, attracting compensatory restitution. The HC directed the authorities to refund to the petitioner the declared value of the confiscated goods and to pay interest at 9% per annum from the date of the unauthorised auction (21-05-1998), and disposed of the writ petition accordingly. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46248