Supreme Court of India

Ranchhoddas Atmaram v. The Union of India.

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Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 3 February 1961

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Sea Customs-Import of prohibited goods-Maximum Penalty­ Whether can be levied in excess of Rs. r,ooo/--Sea Customs Act, r878 (VIII of r878), ss. r9, 167, item No. 8. Item 8 of the schedule to s. 167, Sea Customs Act, 1878, . provides that any person concerned in the importation or expor­ tation of prohibited goods shall be liable to a penalty "not exceeding three times the value of the goods. or not exceeding one thousand rupees."' The petitioner was found to have imported gold of the value of Rs.…

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