Case Law Details
Brief of the case
The Bombay High Court has held in the case of TNT India private Limited v. Principal CIT that Writ Petition could be allowed if the due procedure have not been followed while suspending the registration under Regulation 14 of Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998.
Facts of the Case
The case of the Petitioner is that the freights and parcels are distributed by it. The Petitioner is having a large turnover. Operations are carried out by the petitioner under the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998. According, to the Petitioner, in the last financial year 2014-15, the Mumbai office of the Petitioner handled 7 lakh consignments and none of the consignments out of the above mentioned 7 lakh were detained or seized by the Customs Department.
However, information was received by the Special Investigation and Intelligence Bureau of the Airport Security Customs regarding gold smuggling. Therefore, they visited courier cell where the disputed consignment was found to be containing parts weighing 2620 grams made by gold and covered in silver cover.
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