On 22 April 2026, the CESTAT Principal Bench held that ECUs and sensors imported for assembly into Anti-lock Braking Systems are 'suitable for use' in motor vehicles and are denied the benefit of Notification 50/2017-Customs, but set aside interest and penalty on differential IGST for the pre-16 August 2024 period.
On 5 January 2026, the Supreme Court struck down customs duty on SEZ-to-DTA electricity as ultra vires and reproached the Gujarat HC for departing from coordinate-bench precedent.
On 6 January 2026, a two-judge bench held that aluminium shelving for mushroom cultivation falls under CTI 76109010 as 'aluminium structures', not under CTI 84369900 as parts of agricultural machinery.
On 26 August 2022 a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in Sundaresh Bhatt, Liquidator of ABG Shipyard v. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, held that once a moratorium is imposed under Section 14 or Section 33(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Customs Act yields to the IBC by force of Section 238. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs retains the power to assess and determine the quantum of customs duty payable, but cannot initiate recovery, sale or confiscation of the corporate debtor's goods during the moratorium; the customs claim must be filed before the IRP or liquidator and ranks in the Section 53 waterfall. A close reading of Chief Justice Ramana's judgment, the spheres-of-operation reasoning and the doctrinal arc through Paschimanchal.