Customs Dept. Can’t File Appeal Below Rs. 50 Lakh Limit—Penalty Amount Matters, Not Value of Seized Goods: CESTAT

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Customs Dept. Can’t File Appeal Below Rs. 50 Lakh Limit—Penalty Amount Matters, Not Value of Seized Goods: CESTAT

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17/04/2026

By Mariya Paliwala

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The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed a Customs department’s appeal as not maintainable on the ground that the disputed penalty amount fell below the prescribed monetary threshold. The bench of Ajayan T.V. (Judicial Member) and Vasa Seshagiri Rao (Technical Member) has observed that the “determinative element”…

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Mariya Paliwala https://www.jurishour.in/

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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Customs Dept. Can’t File Appeal Below Rs. 50 Lakh Limit—Penalty Amount Matters, Not Value of Seized Goods: CESTAT

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