2009 (12) TMI 554

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..... be imposed for violation of the provisions of Section 113 of Act was Rs. 5000/- prior to May 14, 2003 - material date of this case being 11th August, 2000 - Held that: - this point was not discussed by the respondent while passing the impugned order with a direction to deposit Rs. 1,00,000/- towards pre-deposit - non-consideration, the impugned order is liable to be set aside - direct the respond .....

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..... ection 113 of the Customs Act confiscating the goods with the condition of redemption fine of Rs. 2,50,000/- and imposing a penalty of Rs. 2,50,000/-. Drawing the attention of this Court towards the unamended provisions of Section 114 of the Customs Act, 1962, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the maximum amount of penalty which could be imposed for violation of the p .....

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..... further direct the respondent No. 3 to reconsider the prayer of the petitioner company afresh in accordance with law by passing a reasoned order expeditiously and preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 4. In view of the above, this writ application stands disposed of. 5. There will, however, no order as to costs. 6. Urgent photostat cert .....

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