https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=209953 The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Ahmedabad, reduced the penalty to 25% for the appellants as they had deposited the entire duty and interest before the show cause notice. The Tribunal held that the appellants should have been given the option to pay the reduced penalty by the lower authorities. Since this option was not provided, the penalty was reduced to 25% based on previous judgments in similar cases. The demand and interest were confirmed, and the stay petition and appeal were disposed of accordingly. en-us Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=209953 The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Ahmedabad, reduced the penalty to 25% for the appellants as they had deposited the entire duty and interest before the show cause notice. The Tribunal held that the appellants should have been given the option to pay the reduced penalty by the lower authorities. Since this option was not provided, the penalty was reduced to 25% based on previous judgments in similar cases. The demand and interest were confirmed, and the stay petition and appeal were disposed of accordingly. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=209953