2010 (10) TMI 186

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....ant. S/Shri R. Ashokan with S.D. Bhosale, for the Respondent. [Order]. - P.C. : Heard. Perused appeal. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 3rd September, 2010 passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, West Zonal Bench, Mumbai ("Tribunal" for short). The question sought to be canvassed by the learned counsel for the appellant is that whethe....

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....w taken. 4. The impugned order passed by the Tribunal does not state any reasons for the view taken. In absence of reasons in support of the order it is difficult to assume that the Tribunal had properly applied its mind before passing the order directing directing pre-deposit. 5. It is, no doubt, true that there is no precise statutory or other definition of the term "arbitrary". ....