2009 (1) TMI 593

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..... Shri Hitesh Shah, SDR, for the Respondent. [Order]. -  These are two applications praying for waiver of pre-deposit of Rs. 5 lakhs each imposed on them. The applicant is a shipping line and the charge against them is that they have loaded the goods meant for export without having the Let Export Order. This has resulted in the contravention of Sections 33 and 34 and accordingly, pen....

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.... to the decision of the Tribunal in LMJ International Ltd. v. CC, 2008 (224) E.L.T. 91 wherein similar circumstances penalty was upheld. 4. I have considered the submissions. I find that prima facie the shipping lines has committed an offence of loading the goods without Let Export Order and even if they were mis-informed by the CHA, it was the statutory duty to see that the goods are not ....