TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2004 (6) TMI 370
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....Respondent. [Order]. - The above captioned appeals have been directed against the impugned order-in-appeal dated 1-8-2003 vide which the Commissioner (Appeals) has affirmed the order-in-original of the Additional Commissioner who confirmed the duty demand and imposed penalties on the appellants. 2. The learned Counsel has contended that the duty demand could not be confirmed as the s....
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....I. 4. On completion of the investigation as is evident from the record, show cause notice dated 20-7-2001 was initially issued wherein only penalty was proposed to be imposed on the appellants under Rule 173Q read with Section 11AC of the Act on account of the shortage of the raw material. No duty demand was raised in that show cause notice. The duty demand was raised for the first time thro....
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....to the assessee for appropriation of that amount. In this context reference may be made to the ratio of law laid down in Veera Spinning Mills (P) Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Coimbatore - 2001 (131) E.L.T. 437 wherein it has been so ruled, after making reference to a Board's Circular No. 290/6/97-CX., dated 20-1-97. The corrigendum issued for the duty demand, as observed above, is time ....