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February 2014
Mill project to manufacture Cylinder Mould Vat Made Watermarked Banknote (CWBN) paper and other security paper at Mysore, Karnataka; and (ii) Plant or machinery or equipment, related spares and consumables for online inspection of pulp. The exemption will be valid uptil 15 January 2014. The amending notification 6/2014-Customs dated 17 February 2014 under which the exemption has been brought can be seen at http://cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/notifications/notfns-2014/cstarr2014/cs06-2014.htm
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Battery packs, battery chargers, AC/DC motor and AC/DC controller for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, and certain other specified items for hybrid vehicles are subject to a concessional rate of basic customs duty of 6%, which is valid for a limited period. The period of validity of the said exemption has now been extended up to 31 March 2015, by amendment to the proviso in the first paragraph of notification 12/2012-CE. The excise duty on specified machinery, vehicles and vehicle chassis has been reduced by adding serial numbers 345 to 367 to the table of concessional rates in notification 12/2012-CE. The price ceiling of Rs 2000 for concessional rate of excise duty on mobile phone handsets has been removed. Now the concessional rate of duty of 6% is applicable to all mobile phone handsets if Cenvat credit on inputs or capital goods is taken, and the rate of 1% is applicable if Cenvat credit is not taken. Motor vehicles in the SUV category have been included in the concessional rates of excise duty notified.
These changes have been brought by notification 4/2014-CE dated 17 March 2014, which amends notification 12/2012-CE. The said amending notification can be seen at http://cbec.gov.in/excise/cx-act/notfns-2014/cx-tarr2014/ce04-2014.htm
Customs and excise officials are known to seize and confiscate bank accounts under the provisions for seizure and confiscation of goods. In one such case the Delhi High Court observed that a bank account is not currency, nor is it a document, and therefore cannot be seized under the provisions for goods, nor does it attract the provisions for lifting of seizure in case of non-issue of show cause notice within six months. This judgment in the case of WP(C) filed by Ravi Crop Science can be seen at http://lobis.nic.in/dhc/GPM/judgement/21-122013/GPM20122013CW74492012.pdf
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