HC quashes order for Confiscation of car for alleged use in Smuggling passed without opportunity of hearing 

Gayatri Das Vs Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) & Anr. (Calcutta High Court)

In this writ petition, petitioner has challenged the impugned order of adjudication dated 11t^h July, 2016 only on account of imposition of penalty confiscating the car in question which belongs to the petitioner under Section 115(2) of the Customs Act without giving any opportunity of hearing or without providing any scope to prove that the car in question was used without the knowledge and connivance of the owner/petitioner. Opp

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