Finance Ministry notifies Import Duty Relief for Select Rice Imports from May 1, 2025
The Ministry of Finance has notified a reduction in import duties for select rice varieties, effective from May 1, 2025. Through Notification No....
![Delhi HC Directs Taxpayer to Approach Customs Appellate Forum First for Delay and Procedural Lapse Claims, Dismisses Writ [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Customs-Appellate-Forum-site-img.jpg "Delhi HC Directs Taxpayer to Approach Customs Appellate Forum First for Delay and Procedural Lapse Claims, Dismisses Writ [Read Order]")
![Madhya Pradesh HC Warns DRI for Contempt Over Frozen Accounts Despite Stay [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Madhya-Pradesh-HC-DRI-DRI-for-Contempt-Over-Frozen-Accounts-taxscan.jpg "Madhya Pradesh HC Warns DRI for Contempt Over Frozen Accounts Despite Stay [Read Order]")
![Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mere-Equivalent-Purity-Foreign-Gold-Criteria-Hold-Melted-Gold-Gold-Foreign-Origin-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]")
![Customs Dept must distinguish ‘Jewellery’ & ‘Personal ‘Jewellery’ while Considering Seizure: Delhi HC Orders Release of Gold on Condition of Re-Export [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Personal-gold-seized-1.jpg "Customs Dept must distinguish ‘Jewellery’ & ‘Personal ‘Jewellery’ while Considering Seizure: Delhi HC Orders Release of Gold on Condition of Re-Export [Read Order]")
Customs Dept Fails to issue SCN in Time: Delhi HC Directs Release of Gold Seized from Minor at IGI Airport [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court directed the Commissioner of Customs to release gold bangles seized from a minor passenger at IGI Airport, New Delhi, as the department failed to issue a show...
![Customs Dept Fails to issue SCN in Time: Delhi HC Directs Release of Gold Seized from Minor at IGI Airport [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-SEZ-Act-No-Confiscation-of-Seized-Gold-Merely-LOA-Special-Economic-Zone-Noida-Special-Economic-Zone-NSEZ-DTA-Domestic-Tariff-Area-Allahabad-Bench-of-the-CESTAT-Taxscan.jpg "Customs Dept Fails to issue SCN in Time: Delhi HC Directs Release of Gold Seized from Minor at IGI Airport [Read Order]")
CBIC declares Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Import and Export [Read Notification]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has designated Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class...
![CBIC declares Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Import and Export [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ministry-of-Finance-Foreign-Exchange-Rates-Import-and-Export-TAXSCAN.jpg "CBIC declares Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Import and Export [Read Notification]")
CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]
In a significant ruling made by the Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), the tribunal held that Ethyl Benzene qualifies as a Xylene isomer for the...
![CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Berger-Paints.jpg "CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]")
CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]
Recently, the Chennai Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) clarified that there cannot be a presumption that the baggage that is carried by a person arriving from a domestic...
![CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bag-jpg.jpg "CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Kannada Actress Ranya Rao Arrested for Smuggling ₹12.56 Crore Worth of Gold at Bengaluru Airport
Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport for attempting to illegally bring in a staggering 14.2 kilograms of gold worth Rs. 12.56 crore. The Directorate...
