https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=2342 Section 129(6) of the Customs Act imposes a statutory bar on a former President, Vice-President or Member from appearing, acting or pleading before the Appellate Tribunal after ceasing office, and the bar applies to the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal across its Benches in India because it falls within the definition of "Appellate Tribunal" in Section 2(1)(b). On that basis, the newly engaged advocate's Vakalatnama was taken on record and the earlier counsel was relieved. No substantive adjudication was made on the appeal, and the matter was adjourned after recording the change of counsel. en-us Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=2342 Section 129(6) of the Customs Act imposes a statutory bar on a former President, Vice-President or Member from appearing, acting or pleading before the Appellate Tribunal after ceasing office, and the bar applies to the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal across its Benches in India because it falls within the definition of "Appellate Tribunal" in Section 2(1)(b). On that basis, the newly engaged advocate's Vakalatnama was taken on record and the earlier counsel was relieved. No substantive adjudication was made on the appeal, and the matter was adjourned after recording the change of counsel. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=2342