2003 (6) TMI 246

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....s, Advocate, for the Respondent. [Order]. - The short point required to be decided in the present appeal of the Revenue is as to whether the Commissioner (Appeals) was justified in setting aside the personal penalty imposed upon the respondents under the provisions of Section 11AC by the original adjudicating authority while upholding the demand of duty against them. 2. The responden....

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....the provisions of Rule 57AD are not attracted in the present case, inasmuch as Pipes and Filters are independent final products being manufactured by the appellants. The said proceedings resulted in passing of the order of the original adjudicating authority confirming demand of duty against the assessee and also imposing personal penalty upon them. 4. On appeal against the above order, th....

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....= 2002 (52) RLT 230 (CEGAT - Kol.), wherein it was held that the demand having been raised by comparing the figures given in RT-12 returns and RG-23A Part-I , there cannot be any case of mala fide intention to evade duty. By observing so, the penalty was set aside. Reliance has also been made on the Tribunal's decision in the case of Tims Product Ltd. v. CCE, Calcutta-III reported in 2002 (148) E.....