2010 (5) TMI 260

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....shagra Shah and Aritra Chakraborty, for the Petitioner. Shri R. Bharadwaj and Ms. Santa Mitra, for the Respondent. [Order] - C.A. No. 2088 of 2010: Affidavit of service affirmed on 12th March, 2010 be kept on record. 2. In this application having C.A. No. 2088 of 2010, the petitioner has challenged the order, dated 10th December, 2009 passed by the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Ko....

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....er may be passed in this matter. Submission has been made that pursuant to the judgment in Narendra Lohia v. Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Prev.) reported in 2009 (238) E.L.T. 62 (Cal.) in an identical matter the authorities, as evident from page 44 of the writ petition, had complied with the directions and had released the goods on proper security. Hence, it is prayed that similar order may ....

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....nd 43 of the application that in similar matters authorities had released the -goods provisionally after taking proper security. Therefore, there is no reason why there should be deviation from the more or less established practice. Hence, the order dated 10th December, 2009 cannot be sustained and is, thus, set aside and quashed. 6. Since a prayer has been made in the application for release o....

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....cise and Service Tax, Siliguri for early completion of the adjudication proceeding. 9. In that view of the matter, since show cause notice dated 30th March, 2010 has been issued, the adjudicating authority is directed to complete the proceeding within sixty days from the date of filing reply to the said notice. 10. On the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner, time to file reply to the sho....