Indirect Taxes
DRI Officer Suspended Over Rs. 50 Lakh Bribe Allegation
The Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (General), Mumbai, has placed a senior intelligence officer, Deepak Kumar under suspension following a bribery allegation involving a demand of Rs....
Indirect Taxes
DRI Revives National Anti-Smuggling Coordination Centre (S-CORD); 2nd Meeting Held at Headquarters
After a hiatus of over five years, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) convened the second meeting of the National Anti-Smuggling Coordination Centre (S-CORD)...
Indirect Taxes
Relief To Importers : Time Limit Not Applicable for Refund of Special Additional Duty: CESTAT
In a major relief for importers, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi, has ruled that the one-year limitation period prescribed...
Indirect Taxes
SC’s Judgment On Secondment Of Employees Doesn’t Apply Where Secondees Are Deputed By Foreign Head Office To Its Indian Project Office: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that Supreme Court's judgment in the case of Northern Operating...
Indirect Taxes
SCN Issued After Application Can’t Bar Advance Ruling: HC Quashes Customs Orders On Apple Watch Classification Dispute
The Bombay High Court has held that show-cause notice issued after application cannot bar Advance Ruling; sets aside Customs orders on Apple Watch Bands...
Indirect Taxes
Customs Dept. To Refund Rs. 2.94 Lakh Wrongly Recovered from Exporter: Bombay High Court Slams Officials For PAN Error
The Bombay High Court has directed the Customs Department to refund Rs. 2,94,206 with 9% interest to a Mumbai-based exporter after finding that the...
Indirect Taxes
Businesswoman, CA Booked for Cheating Trader In Telangana KCR Kits Supply Deal
The Kushaiguda police have registered a case against a businesswoman and a chartered accountant for allegedly cheating a businessman of over Rs. 19 crore...
Indirect Taxes
Delhi High Court Allows Customs Appeal, Restores Case Linked to DRI Jurisdiction Dispute
The Delhi High Court has allowed an appeal filed by the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot (Export), Tughlakabad, in a matter concerning the...
Indirect Taxes
Delhi High Court Remands Case on Levy of Service Tax on Electricity Charges Collected from Tenants
The Delhi High Court has remanded back to the Adjudicating Authority a long-running dispute involving TARC Projects Limited (formerly Anant Raj Projects Ltd.) over...
Indirect Taxes
DRI and Customs Intercept Undeclared Foreign Currency Worth Rs. 50.62 Lakh from Passenger at Ahmedabad Airport
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, in coordination with the Customs Department at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, seized undeclared foreign...
Indirect Taxes
DRI Busts Smuggling Syndicate at Nhava Sheva, Seizes Rs. 2.04 Crore Worth of Restricted and Counterfeit Goods
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has apprehended Jaysing Shelke (36), proprietor of M/s Jay Overseas, for allegedly attempting to smuggle restricted and prohibited...