2010 (9) TMI 358

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....ment]. - Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the Assistant Solicitor General for the respondents. 2. Petitioner states that, they have imported old and used digital multi functional printer with accessories and filed bill of entry in the Cochin Customs for its release. The Cochin Customs held the goods to be a restricted item and according to the counsel for the petitioner, an adjudi....

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....First of all, when a statutory remedy of appeal against an order of adjudication is available to the petitioner, the course open to the petitioner is to file appeal seeking remedies, including for the release of the goods in question. In that view of the matter, the writ petition itself is not maintainable and should not be entertained by this court. 4. Even otherwise, if the goods are to b....