https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=109542 Delay in complying with a Tribunal pre-deposit direction was not condoned because the applicants offered no credible explanation for years of non-compliance. The claim that the file was not traceable and that payment was not accepted was found unreliable, especially in the absence of contemporaneous intimation to the Tribunal and a satisfactory basis for a belated affidavit. The record showed that the order had been duly dispatched, and the prolonged default remained unexplained. As a result, the appeals failed for non-compliance with the pre-deposit requirement under the Customs Act. en-us Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:05:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=109542 Delay in complying with a Tribunal pre-deposit direction was not condoned because the applicants offered no credible explanation for years of non-compliance. The claim that the file was not traceable and that payment was not accepted was found unreliable, especially in the absence of contemporaneous intimation to the Tribunal and a satisfactory basis for a belated affidavit. The record showed that the order had been duly dispatched, and the prolonged default remained unexplained. As a result, the appeals failed for non-compliance with the pre-deposit requirement under the Customs Act. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=109542