High Court upset with Terror Tactics of Custom Dept

Vodafone Essar South Vs. UOI (Bombay High Court) Where despite the goods having been cleared on payment of customs duty as assessed under Heading 85.44 (which was supported by the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) the DRI searched the premises of the assessee and threatened that unless the differential duty payable under Heading 90.01 was paid, the directors and employees of the assessee would be arrested and the consignments confiscated HELD passing severe strictures that: “We are clearly of the opinion that in the present case, the conduct of the D.R.I. officers is not only high hand...