2017 (9) TMI 1015

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....ny, M/s. R.U. Import Export Pvt. Ltd. Shri Rajesh Kumar Tiwari is an employee of the said CHA company. The present appeals are against imposition of penalties under Section 112 (a) of the Customs Act, 1962, on them. 2. The brief facts of the case are that M/s. M.M. Trading, Bhiwadi, Thane (Maharashtra) imported a consignment of cosmetics and M/s. R.U. Import and Export Pvt. Ltd. filed bill of entry for clearance of the said cosmetics through ICD Tughlakabad. On examination of the imported consignment, various violations of provisions of Customs Act, 1962 were noticed by the Customs authorities. These are with reference to misdeclaration of description of goods, which are branded cosmetics, misdeclaration of value, packing without MRP mar....

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....metic items. 4. Ld. AR strongly contested the appeals. He submitted that the importer situated in Maharashtra has chosen to import the sensitive items through ICD Tughalakabad. The CHA having full knowledge of the provisions of Customs Act have not taken adequate and necessary precautions to avoid such imports in violation of various provisions of Customs Act. The CHA acted through third party and did not discharge his duties diligently in proper way resulting in these violations by the importer. The provisions of Section 112(a) are rightly invoked in the present situation and the Original Authority is correct in his conclusion. 5. We have heard both the sides and perused the appeals records. 6. In paras 31 and 32 of the impugned o....