2000 (4) TMI 226

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....r Babu, JDR, for the Respondents. [Order per: P.S. Bajaj, Member (J)].- This appeal has been filed by the appellants against the order-in-original, dated 27-7-1992 passed by Collector of Central Excise (Judicial), Bombay I vide which he ordered re-quantification of the duty and also imposed penalty of various amounts on the appellants. 2. The facts giving rise to this appeal may brie....

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....Modvat credit on the inputs and imposed penalties of various amounts on them. Regarding the duty demand he directed the re-quantification by the Assistant Collector (Preventive). 3. The appellants being dissatisfied with this order of the Collector has come in appeal before the Tribunal. 4. The validity of the impugned order of the Collector has been assailed by the learned counsel....

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....rfectly valid and re-quantification of the duty has been rightly ordered by the Collector. 6. We have gone through the record. The perusal of the impugned order itself shows that without quantifying the duty amount the Collector had imposed the penalties of various amounts, on the appellants. In our view, the penalties could only be imposed after determining the duty amount. The re-quantif....