Case Law Details
Technocraft Industries (India) Limited Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court)
Bombay High Court directed customs department to come up with the solution to allow online amendment of shipping bill. So that transmitted amended shipping bill can be duly processed by DGFT.
Facts-
The Petitioner has two manufacturing units at MIDC, Murbad, where the Petitioner manufactures Scaffolding steel products and Drum Closures. During the period from December 2017 to July 2019, the Petitioner exported goods manufactured by it which were notified in Appendix-3B, and the Petitioner is eligible for the benefit of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) as per paragraph 3.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020.
While filling out the shipping bills online, the Petitioner erroneously clicked on the option “No” for the benefits of MEIS instead of “YES”. The shipping bills and the associated documents indicated that it was by mistake and that the Petitioner always wanted to take benefit of MEIS. To correct this mistake, the Petitioner approached the Customs Authority as per the provision of section 149 of the Customs Act, 1962, to seek an amendment to 12 shipping bills.
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