International Trade and Customs
- Representative Experience
Commissioner of Customs v. Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. (Supreme Court):
Acted for the Department of Revenue (led by the Solicitor General and Ritin Rai SC) in proceedings before the Supreme Court relating to the customs valuation of goods in the context of demurrage charges on imported non-coking coal.
Commissioner of Central Excise v. Meghmani Dyes (Supreme Court):
Acted for the Department of Revenue (led by the Solicitor General and Ritin Rai SC) in proceedings before the Supreme Court relating to duties chargeable on goods cleared from Export Oriented Units to Domestic Tariff Areas in India.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Microsoft OEM:
Assisted Microsoft OEM in proceedings before the customs commissionerate relating to the valuation of imported software in the context of the separately valued encryption keys supplied domestically.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. SAP India:
Assisted SAP India in proceedings before the customs commissionerate relating to the valuation of imported software from Germany in the context of separately valued software services supplied domestically in India.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Penza Tanning Ltd. & Ors.:
Acted for a consortium of Indian leather exporters before the customs commissionerate relating to allegedly wrongly-availed customs exemptions on goods exported to the EU.
Commissioner of Central Excise v. Fitrite Packers (Supreme Court):
Assisted the Department of Revenue (led by Ritin Rai SC and the Solicitor General) in proceedings before the Supreme Court relating to the excise classification of printed goods and the process of manufacture.
Advised a renewable energy conglomerate on customs duties and classification of goods for the import of wind power generation units and equipment into India.
Advised an Indian conglomerate on the interpretation and application of the prescribed rules-of-origin criteria in the India-Singapore FTA (CECA) for availing import duty concessions.
Advised an Indian conglomerate on potential duties and export benefits for the execution of a large construction project in Africa.
Advised an Indian steel conglomerate on the possibility of a new-shipper review in the context of anti-dumping duties levied by the EU.