https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=85833 Rule 31 of the CEGAT (Procedure) Rules was treated as operating on the same-bench principle reflected in Rule 31A: a reference application should ordinarily be heard by the Member or Members who heard the appeal and passed the order. The Supreme Court ratio on same-bench hearing was applied to reference applications as well, with departure permitted only where subsequent events or altered circumstances make constitution of the same Bench impossible. Because the Member who passed the final order was available, the application was directed to be listed before that Member. en-us Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:37:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=85833 Rule 31 of the CEGAT (Procedure) Rules was treated as operating on the same-bench principle reflected in Rule 31A: a reference application should ordinarily be heard by the Member or Members who heard the appeal and passed the order. The Supreme Court ratio on same-bench hearing was applied to reference applications as well, with departure permitted only where subsequent events or altered circumstances make constitution of the same Bench impossible. Because the Member who passed the final order was available, the application was directed to be listed before that Member. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=85833