1991 (4) TMI 142

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....ts filed in support of W.P. Nos. 5699 to 5701/91 and upon hearing the arguments of the Advocate General for M/s. E.S. Govindan and R. Sudhakar, Advocates for the petitioners in all the petitions and of Mr. Srinivasamoorthi, Senior Central Government Standing Counsel on behalf of the respondents in all the petitions the court made the following order :- The Writ petition is directed against the or....

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....Collector held that the goods are liable for confiscation and accordingly imposed a redemption fine of Rs. 1,58,000/-. He also directed the mutilation of that goods under Section 24 of the Customs Act, 1962 to satisfy the said Public Notice 1/88. He also imposed a personal penalty of Rs. 40,000/-. 2. Mr. Habibullah Basha, learned Counsel for the petitioner has raised the following points : (1) E....

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.... by Mr. Habibullah Basha, learned Counsel for the petitioner is concerned, Mr. Srinivasamoorthi, learned Counsel for respondents 1 and 2 seeks time to file counter affidavit. However, I am inclined to direct the release of the goods on certain conditions . So far as mutilation is concerned I find that the 1990-93 policy also says that rags required for the manufacture of shoddy yarn should be so w....