![No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/03/500x300_2083779-confiscation-without-authority-cestat-dri-customs-brcs-depb-scrips-dgft-rbi-action-taxscan.webp "No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]")
No Confiscation Without Authority: CESTAT Rules DRI and Customs Cannot Invalidate BRCs or DEPB Scrips Without DGFT or RBI Action [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has...
![Rs 44 Cr Customs Duty Evasion Involving Undervalued Walnut Imports: Bombay HC Allows Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/03/250x150_2072681-customs-duty-evasion-undervalued-walnut-imports-bombay-hc-anticipatory-bail-taxscan.webp "Rs 44 Cr Customs Duty Evasion Involving Undervalued Walnut Imports: Bombay HC Allows Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]")
![‘Half-Hearted Investigation by DRI’: CESTAT Remands Genuineness of Manufacturing Activity Matter for Reinvestigation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/250x150_2071316-reinvestigation-dri-axscan.webp "‘Half-Hearted Investigation by DRI’: CESTAT Remands Genuineness of Manufacturing Activity Matter for Reinvestigation [Read Order]")
![Quotations from Unrelated Suppliers Not a Valid Basis for Customs Revaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Quotations-Unrelated-Suppliers-Customs-Revaluation-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Quotations from Unrelated Suppliers Not a Valid Basis for Customs Revaluation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
‘Made in China’ Marking on Some Cartons Not Sufficient to Prove Smuggling Without Test Report or Documentation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that mere markings such as "Made in China" on some cartons without any supporting test reports,...
![‘Made in China’ Marking on Some Cartons Not Sufficient to Prove Smuggling Without Test Report or Documentation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Made-in-China-Some-Cartons-Smuggling-Test-Report-Documentation-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "‘Made in China’ Marking on Some Cartons Not Sufficient to Prove Smuggling Without Test Report or Documentation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Irregularities in Phytosanitary Certificates Alone Do Not Prove Origin Fraud: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Phytosanitary-Certificates-CESTAT-Ahmedabad-taxscan.jpg "Irregularities in Phytosanitary Certificates Alone Do Not Prove Origin Fraud: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Supplies Amid Imports and IGST over Inter-State Trade & Supplies have similar Tax Rate: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) Delhi Bench has ruled that the same tax rate applies to Integrated Goods and Service Tax ( IGST ) throughout interstate commerce and...
![Supplies Amid Imports and IGST over Inter-State Trade & Supplies have similar Tax Rate: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Supply-of-goods-CESTAT-similar-Tax-Rate-taxscan.jpg "Supplies Amid Imports and IGST over Inter-State Trade & Supplies have similar Tax Rate: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CBIC Issues Clarification on Constitution of Camera Module in Mobile Phone for Calculating BCD Rate [Read Circular]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification regarding the scope and classification of camera modules used in cellular mobile phones for the purpose of...
![CBIC Issues Clarification on Constitution of Camera Module in Mobile Phone for Calculating BCD Rate [Read Circular]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CBIC-Tax-on-Mobile-Phone-Camera-Modules-Mobile-phone-camera-module-BCD-rate-TAXSCAN.jpg "CBIC Issues Clarification on Constitution of Camera Module in Mobile Phone for Calculating BCD Rate [Read Circular]")
DRI’s Continued Retention of Bail Applicant’s Passport is Indirect Impounding: Bombay HC Directs Return Subject to Intimation of Intl. Travel [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently directed the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s (DRI) to return the passport of a bail applicant travel prerequisites, noting that the continued retention of a...
