![90 Smuggled Gold biscuits Seized: CESTAT upholds Customs Seizure, Rejects ‘No Knowledge’ Defence of Smugglers [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/23/2129966-90-smuggled-gold-biscuits-seizedjpg.webp "90 Smuggled Gold biscuits Seized: CESTAT upholds Customs Seizure, Rejects ‘No Knowledge’ Defence of Smugglers [Read Order]")
90 Smuggled Gold biscuits Seized: CESTAT upholds Customs Seizure, Rejects ‘No Knowledge’ Defence of Smugglers [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT ) upheld the confiscation of 90 foreign-origin gold biscuits,...
![SC Upholds Conviction In Foreign Watch Smuggling Case under Customs Act, Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/28/2127432-foreign-watch-smuggling-case-under-customs-act-taxscan.webp "SC Upholds Conviction In Foreign Watch Smuggling Case under Customs Act, Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]")
![Export Confiscation Order of Rs. 34 Cr set aside on Procedural Grounds: CESTAT Emphasizes Mandatory Nature of Section 138B in Customs Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/12/2118399-export-confiscation-order-procedural-grounds-cestat-emphasizes-section-138b-customs-proceedings-taxscan.webp "Export Confiscation Order of Rs. 34 Cr set aside on Procedural Grounds: CESTAT Emphasizes Mandatory Nature of Section 138B in Customs Proceedings [Read Order]")
![No Presumption of Goods to be of Foreign Origin without Reasons to Believe based on Credible Material: Allahabad HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Allahabad-High-Court-goods-smuggling-Indian-goods-smuggling-Presumption-of-smuggling-customs-authorities-taxscan.jpg "No Presumption of Goods to be of Foreign Origin without Reasons to Believe based on Credible Material: Allahabad HC [Read Order]")
![Vehicle cannot be Seized by Customs Department on Mere Apprehension of Usage for Transporting Smuggled Goods: Kerala HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Vehicle-Seized-by-Customs-Department-on-Mere-Apprehension-Usage-for-Transporting-Smuggled-Goods-Kerala-HC-TAXSCAN.jpg "Vehicle cannot be Seized by Customs Department on Mere Apprehension of Usage for Transporting Smuggled Goods: Kerala HC [Read Order]")
CBIC releases Instruction on SOP for Preventive Vigilance Mechanism and to Prevent Flow of Suspicious Cash, illicit liquor, drugs, freebies and Smuggled goods during Elections [Read Instruction]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued an Instruction No. 22/2023-Customs regarding the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to enhance the Preventive Vigilance Mechanism...
Arbitrary withholding of Reward: Bombay HC directs Government to Pay Widow of informant leading Customs to seize Smuggled Goods [Read Order]
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court has recently set aside the undue denial of reward money to Jayashree Chandrakant Dhavre, the wife of Late Chandrakant Shivaram Dhavre, who in a major aid to...
![Arbitrary withholding of Reward: Bombay HC directs Government to Pay Widow of informant leading Customs to seize Smuggled Goods [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bombay-High-Court-Customs-Smuggled-Goods-Widow-of-informant-leading-Customs-taxscan.jpg "Arbitrary withholding of Reward: Bombay HC directs Government to Pay Widow of informant leading Customs to seize Smuggled Goods [Read Order]")
No Opportunity to Petitioner to prove that Car was used without knowledge for alleged Offence: Calcutta HC partially quashes Confiscation Order
The Calcutta High Court has recently quashed an order for confiscation passed by the customs authorities partially by finding that the petitioner was not provided with an opportunity to prove that...
![Gold Bangles brought into India without Declaration is Smuggled Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Gold-Taxscan.jpg "Gold Bangles brought into India without Declaration is Smuggled Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")