Industrial Solvent Import Confiscation Upheld, Pending Overseas Chemical Analysis Confirmation; Not Absolute Confiscation Yet.

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....Absolute confiscation - Import of industrial composite solvent - prohibited goods - There is no allegation that the import was not bona fide and the Appellant knowingly imported kerosene in the guise of Industrial solvent not for use in their factory but for sale. But, simultaneously, it cannot be ignored that that on the basis of the re-test reports the goods are liable for confiscation and ground for imposition of penalty, till further test of the samples resulting into confirmation of the overseas chemical analysis report - the goods are liable for confiscation but not absolute confiscation as held by the adjudicating and upheld in the impugned order. - AT....