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1. Confiscating absolutely seven gold bars having foreign make marking - Smuggling - Hyundai Verna Car - sufficient evidence to prove foreign origin goods - The Tribunal...

2. Smuggling - Gold Bars - Gold Biscuits - Admittedly it is a case of town seizure. Out of the 5 gold bars and 1 cut piece seized, there is foreign marking – ‘rand...

3. The High Court considered a case involving smuggling of gold under Sections 135(1)(a) and 135(1)(b) of The Customs Act, 1962. The petitioners were found in possession of...

4. Validity of orders that were ex parte in nature - The order are ex facie, bad in law, because (a) violation of principles of natural justice, i.e. Fair opportunity of...

5. Smuggling - Gold Bars - reason to believe that the Gold Bars are of Foreign Origin - Absolute Confiscation - The Magistrate ought to have ordered custody of the smuggled...

6. Smuggling - Gold of Foreign Origin - Commissioner Of Customs (Appeals) quashed the confiscation and penalty - There were no grounds for reasonable belief at the time of...

7. The Commercial Tax Tribunal cannot proceed to consider and decide an appeal ex parte in the absence of the revisionist/appellant, as it would violate principles of...

8. Seizure of gold - Smuggling - chemical examiner can only give the percentage of gold in the gold bars but cannot say whether the seized goods are of foreign origin -...

9. Smuggling - Absolute confiscation of three gold bars and one small piece of remelted gold - Penalty u/s 112(a) and (b)(i) of Customs Act - The Tribunal noted that the...

10. Violation of principles of natural justice - ex-parte order - No sufficient time was afforded to the petitioner to represent his case; (b) order passed ex parte in...

11. Validity of Ex-parte order passed u/s 74 - No sufficient time was afforded to the petitioner to represent his case; (b) order passed ex parte in nature, does not assign...

12. Ex-parte order - disallowance of Input Tax Credit and further imposing of tax - No sufficient time was afforded to the petitioner to represent his case and (b) order...

13. Smuggling - Absolute confiscation of the seized gold of foreign marking - Since the conditions for import of gold as per the notification issued by DGFT and the...

14. Smuggling - foreign origin Gold - The gold seized were of 99.5 purity. There was no foreign marking available on the gold. In fact, they were in the shape of ornaments....

15. The term “smuggled goods‟ means goods of foreign origin and imported from abroad. In the present case, there is no dispute that the goods are of foreign origin. As...