The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and allowed the importer’s appeal, holding that customs duty demands on Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) fibre optic cables cannot be sustained in the absence of fresh sample testing and proof of suppression. The bench of R. Muralidhar (Judicial…
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Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.
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