Court Waives Pre-Deposit Requirement u/s 129E of Customs Act, 1962, Ensuring Fair Access for Financially Constrained Petitioners.

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....Stay of pre-deposit - Constitutional vires of Section 129E of the Customs Act, 1962 - given the financial position and the wherewithal of the Petitioners, an opportunity needs to be given to them to contest the valuation so imposed by the Respondents, which, otherwise cannot be contested by them. Thus, we consider the case of the Petitioners to be an appropriate case to exercise our discretion in the matter concerning waiver of pre-deposit of penalty. - HC....