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Issues: (i) Whether the duty demand was liable to be restricted on the ground of limitation for the period beyond five years; (ii) whether penalty was imposable and, if so, whether the quantum required reduction.
Issue (i): Whether the duty demand was liable to be restricted on the ground of limitation for the period beyond five years.
Analysis: The limitation objection was treated as a legal issue that could be raised at the appellate stage. The earlier remand observations were understood as relating to the extended period, and not as a complete bar to examining whether any portion of the demand fell beyond the permissible period. On that basis, the demand was required to be recomputed by excluding the time-barred portion.
Conclusion: The demand was restricted by excluding the portion beyond the limitation period, in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether penalty was imposable and, if so, whether the quantum required reduction.
Analysis: Penalty was held to be imposable because the dispute concerned excisable goods and the extended period had already been upheld in substance. At the same time, the matter was treated as one involving classification, and a lenient approach was considered appropriate on the facts while fixing the quantum of penalty.
Conclusion: Penalty was upheld but reduced to a lower amount, partly in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The duty liability was reduced by applying limitation, and the penalty was sustained only to a limited extent with substantial reduction.
Ratio Decidendi: A limitation objection to excise duty demand may be examined as a legal issue at a later stage, and while penalty may remain imposable in a classification dispute, its quantum can be moderated on the facts.
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