Supreme Court of India

M/s Coromandal Fertilisers Ltd. v. Collector of Customs

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 329
Bench S.P. Bharucha and R.C. Lahoti JJ.
Decided 14 December 1999

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Customs duty-Assessment of-Landing charges-Assessed at a percentage-Assistant Collector adding stevedoring charges separately­ Held, Landing charges cover the totality of all that an importer expends to bring imported goods to land-It is open to customs authorities not to assess landing charges at a percentage and to assess them at actuals-But if they do assess them on a percentage basis, they cover thereby all aspects of landing charges and it is not open to them then to seek to add any amount thereto on the basis that the same was not covered under the landing charges. ~ CIVIL APPELLATE

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