Supreme Court of India

Akbar Badrudin Jiwani v. Collector of Customs, Bombay

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Reported as [1990] 1 S.C.R. 369
Bench B.C. Ray and S. Ratnavel Pandian JJ.
Decided 14 February 1990

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Customs Act, 1962: Sections lll(d), 112 and 125-Calcareous stone imported by appellant-Whether 'marble' under Import & Export Policy April 1988-March 1991 Entry 62, Appendix 2, Part ­ Whether can be confiscated on that ground-Whether option to clear goods for home consumption on payment of fine valid: the term .'mar- ble' to be interpreted in a manner which is in consonance with the statutory context and not as u.•derstood in commercial parlance. The appellant on behalf of his firm, which is engaged in proces­ sing of stone slabs, placed an order for calcareous stone (other than marble) with

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