2014 (1) TMI 276

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....Appellant. Shri A.S. Rao, Counsel, for the Respondent. ORDER This Notice of Motion has been taken out by the applicant in an pending appeal from the order dated 29 February, 2008 of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (in short "Tribunal") [2008 (231) E.L.T. 657 (Tribunal)]. 2. The Tribunal by the impugned order dated 29 February, 2008 had imposed a penalty of R....

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....ance of the four barges on payment of appropriate duty. 4. Mr. Motwani, learned Counsel for the applicant submits that even after the confiscation, the four barges continue to be in possession of the applicants under a supratnama from the respondents. It is further submitted that the erstwhile owners of the barges are not interested in the four barges having already sold it to the applican....

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....f environmental issues, likely to be scrapped by the Gujarat Board Yard Works and are not covered by Insurance, it becomes necessary to consider this application. The impugned order does hold that there is no dispute that the owner M/s. DOSA had sold the barges. The impugned order of the Tribunal allows redemption of the barges by M/s. DOSA. However, M/s. DOSA are not coming forward as they have s....