2010 (1) TMI 1061

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....n this case, the Commissioner of Customs has dropped the duty demand for excess import and illegal removal of 25 MTs garlic from M/s. Binny Ltd. CFS, and imposed a penalty of Rs. 10,000/- on M/s. Binny Ltd. under Section 117 of the Customs Act, 1962, while declining to terminate the appointment of M/s. Binny Ltd. as Custodian and to de-notify the CFS area as Customs area. He has however issued a w....

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....kumaran, Manager (Operations) and Shri S. Mohan Kumar, Junior Officer and this has led him to impose a penalty without de-notifying the CFS area as Customs area. There is nothing on record to show that the action on the part of S/Shri Sukumaran and Mohan Kumar was with the knowledge of the senior officers of the company. On the other hand, the removal of the excess garlic was on Saturday, after wo....