From Caracas to New Delhi: How Venezuela Regime Crisis could Impact India’s Taxes and Oil Imports
In a recent military operation, the U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple was then taken...
![Gold Imports get Costlier as CBIC Raises Customs Tariff Value by $142 per 10 grams [Read Notifications]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/30/250x150_2122565-gold-imports-costlier-cbic-customs-tariff-value-grams-taxscan.webp "Gold Imports get Costlier as CBIC Raises Customs Tariff Value by $142 per 10 grams [Read Notifications]")
![CESTAT Rules Alteration of Bills of Lading After LEO Amounts to Misdeclaration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/250x150_2122040-cestat-rules-alteration-of-bills-of-lading-after-leo-amounts-to-misdeclaration-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Alteration of Bills of Lading After LEO Amounts to Misdeclaration [Read Order]")
![Making Passenger approach Court for 21g Gold Ring Unreasonable: Delhi HC Slams ‘Waste of Customs Resources’, Imposes ₹5k Costs on Dept [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/18/250x150_2112951-delhi-hc-gold-ring-taxscan.jfif "Making Passenger approach Court for 21g Gold Ring Unreasonable: Delhi HC Slams ‘Waste of Customs Resources’, Imposes ₹5k Costs on Dept [Read Order]")
![Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/250x150_2112639-writ-jurisdiction-pre-deposit-customs-appeal-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked to Bypass Pre-Deposit for Customs Appeal: Bombay HC Imposes ₹50K Costs [Read Order]")
![Failure to issue SCN within One Year: Delhi HC Orders Release of Seized Gold Jewellery [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/500x300_2111586-scn-delhi-hc-gold-jewellery-taxscan.webp "Failure to issue SCN within One Year: Delhi HC Orders Release of Seized Gold Jewellery [Read Order]")
Customs AAR Declines Samsung’s 5% Preferential Duty Claim on Split AC Imported without PCBA & Refrigerant due to Appeal Pendency [Read Order]
The Customs Authority for Advance Rulings (CAAR), Mumbai recently declined to issue an advance ruling on an application filed by Samsung India Electronics Private Limited, regarding preferential...
![Customs AAR Declines Samsung’s 5% Preferential Duty Claim on Split AC Imported without PCBA & Refrigerant due to Appeal Pendency [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/500x300_2109550-customs-aar-samsung-taxscan.webp "Customs AAR Declines Samsung’s 5% Preferential Duty Claim on Split AC Imported without PCBA & Refrigerant due to Appeal Pendency [Read Order]")
Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that the destruction of Crude Palm Oil in a fire accident does not entitle an importer to retain...
![Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107772-fire-loss-no-ground-exemption-cestat-orders-ajanta-soya-pay-duty-all-lost-short-crude-palm-oil-txn.webp "Fire Loss No Ground for Exemption: CESTAT Orders Ajanta Soya to Pay Duty on All Lost and Short Crude Palm Oil [Read Order]")
CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]
The principal bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has recently remanded a Customs penalty case for fresh adjudication after identifying significant...
![CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106289-gold-jewellery-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Remands Customs Penalty Case Over Gold Jewellery Diversion, Cites Non-Disclosure of Documents and Contradictory Findings [Read Order]")
Madras HC Permits Re-Export of Misclassified Textile Fabric Imports Pending Adjudication on Bond and Bank Guarantee [Read Order]
The Madras High Court allowed the petitioner to re-export 303114 SQM of Textile Fabric Coated with Plastic imported from China, subject to the execution of a bond for the total value of...
![Madras HC Permits Re-Export of Misclassified Textile Fabric Imports Pending Adjudication on Bond and Bank Guarantee [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/16/500x300_2105697-madras-hc-textile-fabric-imports-bond-bank-guarantee-taxscan.webp "Madras HC Permits Re-Export of Misclassified Textile Fabric Imports Pending Adjudication on Bond and Bank Guarantee [Read Order]")
Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, held that in the absence of evidence showing an international transaction between related parties, there is...
![Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100138-solar-imports-unjustified-cestat-revenue-appeal-customs-valuation-case-taxscan.webp "Value Loading on Solar Imports Unjustified Without Proof of Related-Party Dealings: CESTAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Customs Valuation Case [Read Order]")
Transaction Value Rejected on Accuracy, Duty on Copper Scrap Re-assessed Based on Similar Imports: CESTAT Upholds Customs Valuation [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that transaction values can be rejected if a reasonable doubt exists, and the duty on copper scrap was...
![Transaction Value Rejected on Accuracy, Duty on Copper Scrap Re-assessed Based on Similar Imports: CESTAT Upholds Customs Valuation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099638-copper-scrap-cestat-customs-valuation-taxscan.webp "Transaction Value Rejected on Accuracy, Duty on Copper Scrap Re-assessed Based on Similar Imports: CESTAT Upholds Customs Valuation [Read Order]")