https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=355128 Failure to appear before the tribunal and absence of any adjournment request justified dismissal of the appeal for default. The Tribunal applied the principle that procedural rights belong to vigilant litigants, not those who remain inactive, and treated the appellant's non-prosecution as evidence of disinterest in pursuing the matter. The appeal was therefore closed without examination of the substantive classification issue. en-us Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=355128 Failure to appear before the tribunal and absence of any adjournment request justified dismissal of the appeal for default. The Tribunal applied the principle that procedural rights belong to vigilant litigants, not those who remain inactive, and treated the appellant's non-prosecution as evidence of disinterest in pursuing the matter. The appeal was therefore closed without examination of the substantive classification issue. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=355128