2010 (9) TMI 67

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....n-Original Nos. SRT-I/DIV-II/ADJ-136 & 137/2001/MP-II dated 28-5-2001 passed by the Assistant Commissioner Central Excise, Division II, Surat-I is sought to be challenged by the petitioner by way of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India after a period of almost 3 years i.e. on 8-4-2004. When this petition was filed there was not even a whisper explaining the said gross....

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....ar that Division Bench of this court has not addressed itself to the question of gross delay and laches and simply relying on the another Division Bench judgment of this court. That petition was allowed and the matter was remanded to the authority. 3. As stated earlier, initially, there was not even a whisper in the petition about the gross delay of about 3 years and later on by way of an amendme....