![CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/11/500x300_2104126-cestat-penalty-customs-officer-abetting-smuggling-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Penalty on Customs Officer Accused of Abetting Smuggling as Statement Recorded under Duress [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the penalty imposed on a Customs officer accused of...
![Failure to Disclose Acquisition of Family Property: Madras HC Sets Aside CAT Order Granting Notional Promotion to Customs Officer [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/12/250x150_2085778-site-image-1.webp "Failure to Disclose Acquisition of Family Property: Madras HC Sets Aside CAT Order Granting Notional Promotion to Customs Officer [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Quashes ₹1.5 Crore Penalty on Customs Officer in Red Sanders Smuggling Case Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/14/250x150_2063570-penalty-inaccurate-particulars-of-income-inaccurate-particulars-of-income-are-furnished-by-the-assessee-income-itat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes ₹1.5 Crore Penalty on Customs Officer in Red Sanders Smuggling Case Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence [Read Order]")
Customs Officer being Stranger to Sale Contract cannot re-determine FOB Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
Recently, the New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that only parties to a contract of sale — namely, the buyer and seller — have the authority...
![Customs Officer being Stranger to Sale Contract cannot re-determine FOB Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fob-site-img.jpg "Customs Officer being Stranger to Sale Contract cannot re-determine FOB Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Stranger to Contracts, Including Customs Officer Cannot Modify FOB Value of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has stated that no stranger to the contract, including any Customs officer has any right to interfere with the...
![No Stranger to Contracts, Including Customs Officer Cannot Modify FOB Value of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/No-Stranger-to-Contracts-Customs-Officer-FOB-taxscan.jpg "No Stranger to Contracts, Including Customs Officer Cannot Modify FOB Value of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Non Returning of Seized 183 gm of Jewels: Woman Alleges Harassment by Customs Authority at Tamil Nadu Trichy International Airport
A woman passenger from Sharjah has alleged harassment and ill-treatment by customs authorities at the Tamil Nadu Trichy International Airport. It was stated that her gold ornaments weighing around...
Bombay HC rejects faulty affidavit filed by Customs Officer, ordered fresh filing by September 20 [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court (HC), in a recent ruling, rejected the affidavit produced by the Customs Officer. The Bombay HC was satisfied that the respondent Surgive Mehra may not even have read the...
Penalty on Customs Officer for abetting Gold Smuggling; Challenge on Not Providing Mandated Opportunity u/s 112 (a)(i)of Customs Act: Madras HC Directs to Seek Statutory Remedy [Read Order]
The Madras High Court directed the customs officer to file an appeal under the Customs Act, 1962 In the case where a one crore penalty was imposed for Abetting Gold Smuggling. The challenge before...
