https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=51690 Remission of duty on molasses shortage could not be denied merely by labelling the application an afterthought where it was filed within about a month of stock verification. The shortage was accepted as below 2%, the level treated by binding Board circulars as condonable, and no clandestine removal had been established; that allegation had already been rejected in connected proceedings. On those facts, there was no sustainable basis to infer that the remission request was intended to cover up an offence, and the denial of remission was unsustainable. en-us Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:35:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=51690 Remission of duty on molasses shortage could not be denied merely by labelling the application an afterthought where it was filed within about a month of stock verification. The shortage was accepted as below 2%, the level treated by binding Board circulars as condonable, and no clandestine removal had been established; that allegation had already been rejected in connected proceedings. On those facts, there was no sustainable basis to infer that the remission request was intended to cover up an offence, and the denial of remission was unsustainable. Case-Laws Central Excise Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=51690