A Haryana resident, who is also a member of Maharashtra Rifle Association, sent a legal notice to the Customs last month, a year after he was forced at the Mumbai airport to pay import duty on a .177-calibre air rifle, an item that was made duty-free by a Customs' notification in 2005.
Amitoj Singh has argued that though air guns and pistols do not come under the purview of the Arms Act and are exempted from import duty, he was made to pay Rs 30,000 (35% of its price) as import duty and assured the amount would be refunded.
Singh says he took the legal recourse after the Customs refused to refund the amount citing separate notifications and instead sent him a notice in November last year asking him to pay the balance 65% duty.
06/08/13 Srinath Rao/Indian Express
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Amitoj Singh has argued that though air guns and pistols do not come under the purview of the Arms Act and are exempted from import duty, he was made to pay Rs 30,000 (35% of its price) as import duty and assured the amount would be refunded.
Singh says he took the legal recourse after the Customs refused to refund the amount citing separate notifications and instead sent him a notice in November last year asking him to pay the balance 65% duty.
06/08/13 Srinath Rao/Indian Express
