Post-export shipping bill amendments to change scheme codes can proceed when circular-based time limits lack legal force.

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....Post-export amendment of shipping bills to change the scheme code from drawback to RoSCTL was treated as permissible under Section 149, because the three-month limit in Circular No. 36/2010 was not supported by valid law. The text notes that time limits for such amendments could be prescribed only through regulations under Section 157, and that later 2025 regulations reinforced that position. On that basis, the adjudicating authority's decision allowing the amendment was upheld and the Revenue's challenge was rejected.....