Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 27 · Decided 3 February 1961
Ranchhoddas Atmaram v. The Union of INDIA.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 27 · [1961] 3 S.C.R. 718
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 300/1960
- Decided
- 3 February 1961
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 20(2); Customs Act
Headnote
3. 718 SUPREME COURT REPORTS RANCHHODDAS ATMARAM v. THE UNION OF INDIA. (1961] (B. P. SINHA, C.J., s. K. DAS, A. K. SARKAR, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR and J. R. MUDHOLKAR, JJ.) Sea Customs-Import of prohibited goods-Maximum Penalty­ Whether can be levied in excess of Rs. r,ooo/--Sea Customs Act, goods shall be liable to a penalty "not exceeding three times the value of the goods. or not exceeding one thousand rupees."' The petitioner was found to have imported gold of the value of Rs. 25,000/- and the Customs authorities imposed a penalty of Rs. 5.000/-. The petitioner
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