Supreme Court of India

Collector of Central Excise, Ahmedabad v. Orient Fabrics Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 243
Bench V.N. Khare, S.B. Sinha and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 25 November 2003

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reason, yve do not find any merit in the appeals.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957. S. 3(3) (as stood prior to 1994 amendment).!-Non-payment of additional duty-Penalty proceedings or forfeiture of goods-Permissibility of-Assessee alleged to have misdisclosed composition of goods and undervalued them-Revenue imposing penalty for non-payment' of duty and holding the goods liable to be forfeited-Tribunal holding that provisions of Central Excise Act so far as they relate to confiscation cannot be made applicable for breach of provisions of the Act-Held, the breach of the provisions of the Act has not been made

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