Entrepreneur’s Airport Ordeal in Delhi Sparks Debate on Customs Harassment and Trade Hurdles
A tense 90-minute standoff at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has sparked debate over India’s customs enforcement after a well-known...
![Gold Biscuit Smuggle Worth Rs. 31 Lakh: CESTAT Reduces Penalty Treating Assessee as Mere Carrier [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055184-gold-biscuit-smuggle-taxscan.webp "Gold Biscuit Smuggle Worth Rs. 31 Lakh: CESTAT Reduces Penalty Treating Assessee as Mere Carrier [Read Order]")
![‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Monetary-Limits.jpg "‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]")
Customs Officers Have no Power to Sell Seized Gold without Following Provision U/s 110 of Customs Act: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has held that Customs Officers have no power to sell seized gold without following provisions under section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962. On 14 January 2018, they arrived at...
Customs Assistant Commissioner in Selling seized Gold Jewellery of Assessee without reasons is Illegal: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court observed that the customs assistant commissioner in selling seized gold jewellery of assessee without reasons is illegal. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution...
Union FM urges Customs Officers to Utilize Technology and International Cooperation to Tackle Illicit Trade
The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first 3-day-long Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters (GCCEM) in New Delhi on October 30th 2023. The Minister has...
Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court directed the Customs Officers to release vehicle on failure to provisionally release vehicle kept in police station premise under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962. The...
![Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Failure-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-Failure-to-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-Failure-to-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-kept-in-Police-Station-Customs-Act-Kerala-HC-taxscan.jpg "Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]")
Reassessment shall be Conducted by Same Officer or his Successor who Conducted Assessment: Gujarat HC quashes Reassessment Initiated by DRI [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court has held that reassessment shall be conducted by same officer or his successor who conducted assessment and quashed the reassessment initiated by Directorate of Revenue...
![Reassessment shall be Conducted by Same Officer or his Successor who Conducted Assessment: Gujarat HC quashes Reassessment Initiated by DRI [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Reassessment-Officer-Successor-Assessment-Gujarat-HC-Reassessment-Initiated-DRI-Taxscan.jpg "Reassessment shall be Conducted by Same Officer or his Successor who Conducted Assessment: Gujarat HC quashes Reassessment Initiated by DRI [Read Order]")
GST Provisional Attachment: Bombay HC directs Commissioner to furnish Certified Copy of Reasons as per CBIC Circular [Read Order]
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, while considering a petition by Originative Trading Private Limited, directed the Commissioner to furnish a certified copy of the opinion formed by the...
![GST Provisional Attachment: Bombay HC directs Commissioner to furnish Certified Copy of Reasons as per CBIC Circular [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GST-Provisional-Attachment-Bombay-High-Court-Commissioner-Certified-Copy-CBIC-Circular-CBIC-Taxscan.jpg "GST Provisional Attachment: Bombay HC directs Commissioner to furnish Certified Copy of Reasons as per CBIC Circular [Read Order]")
SCN issued by DRI would be valid with Retrospective Effect only after enactment of Finance Bill, 2022: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the show-cause notices issued by the DRI would become valid in view of the recent amendment in...
![SCN issued by DRI would be valid with Retrospective Effect only after enactment of Finance Bill, 2022: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SCN-DRI-Retrospective-Effect-enactment-Finance-Bill-2022-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "SCN issued by DRI would be valid with Retrospective Effect only after enactment of Finance Bill, 2022: CESTAT [Read Order]")