Supreme Court of India

Collector of Customs, Bangalore & Anr. v. Hansur Plywood Works and Anr.

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Reported as [1989] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 775
Bench S. Ranganathan and Kuldip Singh JJ.
Decided 26 October 1989

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From the headnote

Customs Tariff Act, 1975: Schedule Heading No. 44.01 and Notifications No. 265 of 1982, No. 59 of 1983 and No. 126 of 1984- Timber from Burma exempted from customs duty-Levy of auxiliary duty-Determination of. Import of timber is charged to effective basic customs duty at 60 per cent under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The Government of India had, however, issued notification under s. 25 of the Customs Act, I962 absolutely exempting timber imported from Burma. But the importers are liable to pay auxiliary duty in terms of Notification No. 265 dated December 8, 1982 and its successor

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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