2017 (4) TMI 1118

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....dy, JC (AR) for the Respondent ORDER Per: Madhu Mohan Damodhar The issue in dispute relates to overvaluation of goods attempted to be exported under five shipping bills with claim for duty drawback all dated 13.7.2006. In adjudication, value of the impugned goods was rejected and market value was confirmed as Rs. 9,93,000/-. Goods were also confiscated under various provisions of Customs ....

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....of the impugned order and contends that the lower appellate authority has held that goods are having lesser value, was not of very high quality material, lying for more than two years and had lost original market/quality and value. Learned counsel submits that this observation itself indicates that there is no margin of profit. Further, the goods are being taken back to from the port to town and a....

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....antum of penalty imposed by the learned Commissioner (Appeals). 6. As regards redemption fine, we find that the same has also been reduced from Rs. 9,93,000/- to Rs. 1,50,000/-. Learned counsel has done his best to argue that the redemption fine in such cases is not imposable under section 125. This, in our view, is a misconceived notion. Section 125 ibid in any case covers infractions not only....