2008 (2) TMI 722

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....DR, for the Respondent. [Order per : Justice S.N. Jha, President]. - This is an application on behalf of the appellant seeking permission to file this appeal before the Principal Bench of the Tribunal at New Delhi. It is submitted that the corporate office of the appellant is situated at New Delhi and therefore in view of CESTAT Public Notice No. 1 of 2001 dated 13-2-2001 appeal may be enter....

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.... within the jurisdiction of the Principal Bench. Filing/entertaining such an appeal is subject to the orders of the available senior most Member. 2. As a matter of fact, the said circular stands superseded by CESTAT Public Notice No. 2/2005 dated 5-8-2005 which reads as under :- "The various Zonal benches of this Tribunal have been established to deal with the cases arising from the are....

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.... 3. Counsel submitted that the President has power to permit filing of appeal before a particular Bench, and also transfer any pending appeal from one Bench to another and therefore having regard to the difficulties which the appellant may have to face and, also, the amount involved in prosecuting the appeal at Mumbai, the appeal may be entertained. 4. The cause of action in the inst....