Technical expert evidence in customs classification must receive reasoned evaluation; denial of concession was quashed and remanded.

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....Technical expert opinion in customs classification and exemption disputes must be meaningfully evaluated where eligibility depends on physical inspection and component-level analysis. An adjudicating authority cannot reject such opinion through its own technical perception without a reasoned technical rebuttal supported by comparable expert or scientific material. The order denying concessional customs duty for Battery Management Systems and Cell Supervisory Circuits was quashed and remanded for fresh adjudication, with liberty to obtain a counter-expert opinion. Writ jurisdiction was exercised despite an alternative appellate remedy because the specialised technical opinion had been disregarded without a reasoned technical basis.....