Confiscation and penalties for illegal export dismissed due to 8-year delay in providing crucial test report.

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....Confiscation - redemption fine - penalty - illegal export by resorting to gross mis-declaration about the ‘Fe’ content - It is seen that the Test Report itself was generated with a delay of 105 to 138 days, and even after the Test was completed in 2010, the Appellant was never provided the copies of the Test Report till they were annexed to the Show Cause Notice issued in 2018. In such a case, there was scope for the Appellant to approach any other authority to get the consignment retested or to question the Test Report given by the CRCL. - Confiscation, redemption fine and penalty set aside - AT....