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2019 (10) TMI 66 - HC - CustomsSeizure of goods - Betel Nuts - origin of goods - foreign origin or not - it was alleged that consignee of the goods is a non-existent entity having not found on the given address. HELD THAT:- The questions of law raised by the appellant herein has already been answered by this Court in the case of CUSTOMS, (PREVENTIVE) KENDRIA BHAWAN SECT-H VERSUS M/S MAA GAURI TRADERS, PROP. SHYAMAL BISWAS COLLEGE PARA [2019 (8) TMI 1043 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] where The report of the ARDF has also been held to be not reliable in as much as it could not be shown with any degree of certainty that the origin of the betel nuts could be established by testing in a laboratory, as is clear by the answer to the RTI query given by Directorate of Arecanut And Spice Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of Kerala. We cannot take different view than already expressed by the coordinate bench of this Court. It is otherwise required to maintain judicial discipline - Appeal dismissed.
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