CESTAT Allahabad Quashes Confiscation of Dry Dates for Lack of Proof of Foreign Origin

Nitin Trading Company Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Allahabad) In Nitin Trading Company vs. Commissioner of Customs (Final Order dated 25.09.2025), the CESTAT Allahabad set aside the confiscation and penalties imposed on 2,100 kilograms of dry dates valued at ₹4.2 lakh, ruling that the Department had failed to substantiate its claim that the goods were of foreign origin and illegally imported. The case originated from a search conducted by Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Lucknow, on 18 November 2019, at M/s Chandra Cold Storage, where 42 bags of dry dates belonging to M/s Nitin T...