TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2013 (11) TMI 1709
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....sad, Advocates, for the Respondent. ORDER Leave granted. 2. We have heard Mr. Amrit Lal Mehta, appellant in person and Mr. Paras Kuhad, learned Additional Solicitor General for the respondents. 3. The appeal has a chequered history. The appellant's grievance is that the respondent No. 1 has arbitrarily withheld reward which became due to him under the reward policy framed by the Gove....
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....ty by the company, M/s. J.K. Synthetics Limited, and the department has been able to recover Customs duty to the tune of ₹ 1.21 crores and penalty thereon in the sum of ₹ 2.5 crores. 5. In pursuance of various decisions by the Reward Committees, the appellant has been paid by now ₹ 50 lacs. Consequent upon the impugned judgment, the Reward Committee has reconsidered the mat....
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....on that the ends of justice will be met if the informer is sanctioned an additional amount of ₹ 3.75 lakh making the total amount of reward payable to the informer ₹ 50 lakh as full and final settlement of his claim. This would be just, fair and commensurate with the specificity, accuracy and quality of the information provided by the informer and is comparable with the normal range of....
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....e mentioned that the 7th Reward Committee having regard to the quality, specificity and accuracy of the information provided by the appellant has awarded ₹ 50 lacs to the appellant. In order to do complete justice between the parties, we increase the reward amount from ₹ 50 lacs to ₹ 60 lacs. 7. Since ₹ 50 lacs have already been paid by the respondent No. 2 to the app....