2006 (7) TMI 509

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..... Appellant purchased Heavy Melting Scrap (HMS) weighing 301.480 Mt. on High Seas Basis from M/s. Shubhkaran Sons. The Bill of Entry was filed by the appellant. Respondent on examination alleged that out of 301.480 Mt. of HMS, 120.592 Mts. were re-rollable scrap. Hence the adjudicating authority held the goods liable for confiscation u/s. 111(m) alleging mis-declaration and levied a redemption fin .....

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..... ppellant. This finding of the respondent proves that for the appellant the imported item was nothing but Heavy Melting scrap. (b) This Tribunal in the following cases has held that scrap by its nature would contain various types of goods but that does not mean that those goods are usable as such and not as scarp. (a) A.P. Steel Re-rolling Mills Ltd. v. CC - 2004 (175) E.L.T. 580. (b) .....

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