![Delhi HC Rejects Customs’ Plea to Enhance Penalty in Red Sandalwood Export Case, Cites Limited Role of Freight Forwarder [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094230-red-sandalwood-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Rejects Customs’ Plea to Enhance Penalty in Red Sandalwood Export Case, Cites Limited Role of Freight Forwarder [Read Order]")
Delhi HC Rejects Customs’ Plea to Enhance Penalty in Red Sandalwood Export Case, Cites Limited Role of Freight Forwarder [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an appeal by the Customs Department to impose an enhanced penalty under Section 114AA of the Customs Act on a...
![Customs cannot Confiscate Already Exported CD-ROMs with Inflated Freight on Board Value: CESTAT quashes ₹25L Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/250x150_2070020-cestat-cd-roms-board-value-taxscan.webp "Customs cannot Confiscate Already Exported CD-ROMs with Inflated Freight on Board Value: CESTAT quashes ₹25L Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Mar 03 to Mar 08, 2025]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-2025-Weekly-Round-Up-2025-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Mar 03 to Mar 08, 2025]")
![Export Proceeded after Customs Clearance and Receival of Foreign Remittance: CESTAT quashes Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Foreign-Remittance-Penalty-Customs-Clearance-taxscan.jpg "Export Proceeded after Customs Clearance and Receival of Foreign Remittance: CESTAT quashes Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]")
![Goods wrongly loaded could not be Exported without clearance by Customs: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-Goods-wrongly-loaded-Customs-taxscan.jpg "Goods wrongly loaded could not be Exported without clearance by Customs: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-2024-Annual-Digest-2024-Indirect-Tax-Cases-Part-11-Indirect-Tax-Cases-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]")
Failure to File Transshipment Bill Deemed a Technical Lapse: CESTAT overturns Duty Demand and Penalties as unjustified [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that failure to file a transshipment bill was deemed a technical lapse and does not justify imposing duty...
![Failure to File Transshipment Bill Deemed a Technical Lapse: CESTAT overturns Duty Demand and Penalties as unjustified [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Mumbai-Failure-to-File-Transshipment-Bill-File-Transshipment-Bill-Transshipment-Bill-taxscan.jpg "Failure to File Transshipment Bill Deemed a Technical Lapse: CESTAT overturns Duty Demand and Penalties as unjustified [Read Order]")
![No Mis-Declaration: CESTAT deletes Customs Penalty u/s 111(m) [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Bangalore-CESTAT-No-Mis-Declaration-Section-111m-of-the-Customs-Act-M.S.-Clothing-Company-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-Customs-Penalty-CESTAT-deletes-CESTAT-news-taxscan.jpg "No Mis-Declaration: CESTAT deletes Customs Penalty u/s 111(m) [Read Order]")
Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) reduced the penalty to 5 lakhs for the attempted improper export of confiscated goods under Section 113 of the...
![Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Confiscation-of-Goods-CESTAT-Bangalore-bench-of-the-CESTAT-foreign-exchange-Regulation-Act-section-114-of-the-act-taxscan-1.jpg "Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]")
![Absence of Mens Rea: CESTAT quashes Penalty imposed on CB [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CESTAT-CB-Penalty-Customs-Broker-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-taxscan.jpg "Absence of Mens Rea: CESTAT quashes Penalty imposed on CB [Read Order]")
No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the confiscation of gold or any goods cannot be done in the absence of any act of illegal import or...
![No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/smuggling-of-goods-Confiscation-CESTAT-Kolkata-bench-taxscan.jpg "No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")