2016 (3) TMI 389

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....an Prakash, Manish Goyal, Ramesh Chandra Shukla and Ravi Prakash Srivastava, Counsels, for the Respondent. ORDER We have heard Sri S.D. Singh, the learned senior counsel along with Sri Nishant Mishra and Sri Prateek Dawar for the petitioner, Sri Ashok Mehta, the learned senior counsel for the Union of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue assisted by Sri B.K.S. Raghuvanshi, Sri R....

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.... High Court. The person who has sworn the affidavit should have appeared before the Court but he has not appeared. No reason has been shown as to why Sri S. Bhowmick, Under Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance could not appear before the Court. Non-appearance amounts to contempt of the order of the Court. The respondent was required to appear in order to assist the Court since no ....

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....orary basis to allow the functioning of the CESTAT at Allahabad. On one hand, the Ministry of Finance has chosen to fix a time period of one year which has started running from 9-12-2015, and on the other hand, they have taken no steps to establish a permanent Bench. Further, they have chosen to ask the Court to give a reasonable time to vacate the premises. The Central Government had taken a deci....