https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166263 The Bombay HC modified the Tribunal's pre-deposit condition, holding that the duty deposit requirement could be replaced by execution of a general bond for the full duty amount. The Court noted that Board instructions in the Excise Manual required due consideration, that the petitioner was a Government of India undertaking with unquestioned solvency, and that a prima facie case for complete waiver had been made out. On those facts, the Court found that the ends of justice would be met by dispensing with the monetary pre-deposit and substituting a general bond, granting partial relief to the petitioner. en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:43:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166263 The Bombay HC modified the Tribunal's pre-deposit condition, holding that the duty deposit requirement could be replaced by execution of a general bond for the full duty amount. The Court noted that Board instructions in the Excise Manual required due consideration, that the petitioner was a Government of India undertaking with unquestioned solvency, and that a prima facie case for complete waiver had been made out. On those facts, the Court found that the ends of justice would be met by dispensing with the monetary pre-deposit and substituting a general bond, granting partial relief to the petitioner. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166263