2024 (6) TMI 199

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.... by the Commissioner (Appeals). 2. No one has appeared on behalf of the Respondent. Since the matter is in a short compass, I have taken up the Appeal itself for disposal with the help of the Learned AR. 3. On going through the facts of the case, it is seen that the Appellant had filed the Bills of Entry alongwith all the documents on time through ICEGATE site but the same was not getting uploaded and was reflected due to technical glitches. The Appellant also has brought to the notice of the Revenue official about the difficulty faced by them in this regard. Subsequently, the Bill of Entry was filed with the delay and system has automatically imposed a fine on the Appellant. Since the Appellant was in urgent requirement of the imported g....

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....dated 8-11-2017 has nowhere questioned the bona fides of the importer/Customs Broker against whom the said order was passed since it is the first requirement of Section 46 read with proviso to Sub-Clause (3) that the charge of late fee was subject to non-satisfaction of the proper officer as to the sufficiency or otherwise of the cause for delay, which discernibly is not questioned. 7.2 Further, the appellant has also furnished a number of communications, filed with the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Deputy Commissioner of Customs, all at Customs House, Tuticorin, dating prior to that of passing of the Order-in-Original, explaining the cause for delay in filing the belated Bills-of-Entry. The ex....