2002 (5) TMI 610

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....a, JDR, for the Respondent. [Order]. -  Appellants filed this appeal against the adjudication order passed by the Commissioner of Customs. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellants filed two shipping bills for Export in respect of the goods declared as steel balls. On examination of the goods, it was found that, in fact, these were not mere steel balls but commercially ....

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....he adjudicating authority, after affording an opportunity of hearing to the appellants, ordered confiscation of the goods and gave option to redeem the goods on payment of redemption fine of Rupees one lakh. The adjudicating authority also disallowed the DEPB Credit in respect of the goods, in question, and also demanded Special Additional Duty of Customs along with interest. A penalty of Rs. 1.50....

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....ng bills as steel balls. Appellants produced their product literature and in the product literature, the goods, in question, are described as ball retainers, which is a component of bicycle. These are used as various moving parts of the bicycle. On every page of the product literature, it is mentioned as ball retainers. Hence, the goods, in question, are commercially known as ball retainers. The s....