Smuggling - burden to prove - When any statement is recorded ...

Customs

March 28, 2023

Smuggling - burden to prove - When any statement is recorded under Section 108, it has been clarified by the High Court that when a person who has earlier given the statement before the Gazetted Officer should reiterate the same before the Adjudicating Authority in terms of Section 138B(1). Then only the Adjudicating Authority should admit the same as an evidence. - Once the Appellant is able to provide such documentary evidence, the burden of proving that the goods are of a foreign origin falls on the Department, which has not been done by them in the present case. - AT

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Smuggling - burden to prove - When any statement is recorded ...

Customs

March 28, 2023

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