https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252501 Classification of the product as ready-to-eat packaged food rather than namkeen led to central excise duty, interest and penalty under Rule 25 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002. In considering interim relief in the appeal, the Tribunal weighed rival duty calculations with and without CENVAT credit and noted its earlier order in the appellant's own matter for an earlier period. It directed a substantial but limited pre-deposit of Rs. 24 lakhs within six weeks; on compliance, the balance dues were waived and recovery stayed during the appeal. en-us Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252501 Classification of the product as ready-to-eat packaged food rather than namkeen led to central excise duty, interest and penalty under Rule 25 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002. In considering interim relief in the appeal, the Tribunal weighed rival duty calculations with and without CENVAT credit and noted its earlier order in the appellant's own matter for an earlier period. It directed a substantial but limited pre-deposit of Rs. 24 lakhs within six weeks; on compliance, the balance dues were waived and recovery stayed during the appeal. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252501