Supreme Court of India

M/s. Noble Synthetics Ltd. v. Collector of Central Excise, Bombay

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Reported as [2005] 2 S.C.R. 1003
Bench S.N. Variava, Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 17 March 2005

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Central Excise Act, 1944-Section 11 -Central Excise Rules, 1944- Rules 56, 1738 and 173Q--Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985-Chapter Sub­ heading 3 906. 90 : Re-classification of products-Power of the adjudicating authority­ Assessee submitting technical opinions of Professors in support of its plea for re-classification-Adjudicating authority, without intimating the assessee, forwarding the opinions to Dy. Chief Chemist of the Department for his opinion-Held : The a/legation that the adjudicating authority forwarded the technical opinions to the Dy. Chief Chemist behind the back of the assessee

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