https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94646 Denial of cross-examination of the departmental Chemical Examiner, together with non-consideration of the assessee's contrary technical material, was treated as a serious procedural deficiency where the dispute depended on the product's technical character and the reliability of test results. Fair adjudication required that the departmental expert be made available for confrontation, or that independent technical opinion be obtained, and the assessee's technical evidence had to be considered. The order in original was set aside and the matter was remanded for de novo consideration with effective cross-examination and evaluation of the technical evidence. en-us Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:12:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94646 Denial of cross-examination of the departmental Chemical Examiner, together with non-consideration of the assessee's contrary technical material, was treated as a serious procedural deficiency where the dispute depended on the product's technical character and the reliability of test results. Fair adjudication required that the departmental expert be made available for confrontation, or that independent technical opinion be obtained, and the assessee's technical evidence had to be considered. The order in original was set aside and the matter was remanded for de novo consideration with effective cross-examination and evaluation of the technical evidence. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=94646