Smuggling - recovery of Gold - foreign origin - The gold of ...

Case Laws Customs

May 4, 2023

Smuggling - recovery of Gold - foreign origin - The gold of Indian origin is generally of 916 purity (22 carat) - None of the appellants have placed on record any evidence showing as to how the gold recovered from them was having 999 purity - there are no reason to differ with the findings of the adjudicating authority below that all the appellants had full knowledge of the impugned gold to be the gold of foreign origin and knowingly they were dealing with the same for monetary benefits. Their act gets definitely covered under Section 111 of the Act making the recovered gold liable for confiscation. - AT

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Smuggling - recovery of Gold - foreign origin - The gold of ...

Case Laws Customs

May 4, 2023

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