Custom Judgements

The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai, has set aside a penalty of Rs. 1.50 lakh imposed under Section 112A of the Customs Act, 1962, on a G-Card holder of a Customs House Agent (CHA).

The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has held that umbrella panel fabric cut into predetermined triangular shapes and sizes is classifiable as a “made-up textile article” under Customs Tariff Heading (CTH) 6307 an

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad v. Adani Enterprises Ltd. [Civil Appeal No. 32471/2025, order dated October 10, 2025], after condoning the delay and uphold the CESTAT Ahmedabad judgement that the imports of

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India and Ors. v. M/s. B.T. Patil and Sons Belgaum (Construction) Pvt. Ltd. [Civil Appeal No. 7238 of 2009 dated February 05, 2024] upheld the decision of the Hon'ble Division Bench of High Court of K

The CESTAT Bangalore, in the case of Mr. Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, Cochin [Customs Appeal No. 20074 of 2020 dated October 25, 2023] allowed the Appeal and held that the penalty cannot be imposed on the Appellant solely based on the retr

The CESTAT, Bangalore in the case of The Commissioner of Customs v. M/s. Kronos Systems India Pvt. Ltd. [Customs Appeal No. 558 of 2010 dated October 20, 2023] held that, the Kronos 4500 Touch ID terminal chips are classifiable under the category of

The CESTAT, Chennai in M/s. Asus India Private Limited v. Commissioner of Customs [Customs Appeal No. 42563 of 2018 dated August 03, 2023] held that, gaming laptops are classifiable under Customs Tariff Heading 8471 as "Automatic data processing mach

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Industrial Development Bank of India v. Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs and Others [Civil Appeal No. 2568 of 2013 dated August 18, 2023] set aside the order passed by the division bench of the Hon'ble Andhra

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in Kalpataru Transmission Ltd. v. C.C. Mundra [Customs Appeal No. 10674/2015-SM dated July 28, 2023]held that in case of slight variation in weight due to adoption of standard theoretical method and after payment of differential

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad, in Neeraj Sharma v. Commissioner of Customs, Kandla [Customs Appeal No. 12056 of 2018-DB dated July 24, 2023] set aside the order passed by the Adjudicating authority on that matter which is already been adjudicated and held su