Supreme Court of India

M/s. Bisco Limited v. Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 890
Bench B. V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 20 March 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the demand raised by the respondent against the appellant and affirmed by the CESTAT qua the 264 cases including levy of customs duty and interest cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The appellant had imported second hand steel mill machinery and parts covered by three transit bonds totalling 595 cases. The officials of the Preventive Branch of the Commissionerate searched the industrial premises of the appellant, including the notified public bonded warehouse and found that only 304 cases were stocked inside the warehouse, whereas 264 cases were found outside the warehouse but within the industrial/factory premises of the appellant. Remaining 27 cases were neither found inside the warehouse nor outside the warehouse. The Commissioner of Customs

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