CESTAT upheld penalty against importer for using fake/forged BIS certificate

Mohit Industries Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) The impugned consignment was detained and was proposed to be confiscated for want of the proper BIS certificate. This being a Bureau of India Standards certificate is issued by the respective Ministry in the favour of the manufacturer who further issues same to its buyers. Since the goods herein are CRGO Electrical Steel Sheet/Coils Section 17 of BIS Act, 2016 prohibit the import of goods without requisite BIS license and fulfillment of the conditions that the products should made the prescribed quality parameters/technical requirement...