Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 856 · Decided 8 August 1996
Union of India and ORS. v. Jain Shudh Vanaspati LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 856 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 418
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2360/1980
- Decided
- 8 August 1996
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Customs Act Section 28, 47, 124, 13
Headnote
Customs Act, 1962 : , Ss. 28, 47, 124 and 13(}-Proceedings for confiscation-Respondents C in1pa1ting RBD Pabnoil, a pennissible iten1, in containers 111ade of stainless steel, a banned iten1, said to have been painted over to give an inzpression tlzat tlzey were made of mild steel-Respondents allowed by High Cowt--Held, High Cowt e1red in holding that no show cause notices u/s. 28 .could have been issued until and unless order u/s. 47 lzad been first D revised u/s. 13()-It was stated that stainless steel containers were painted over to suppress their tnte nature in order to slip
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