TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2016 (4) TMI 64
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....: Ms Sonia Sharma, Senior Standing counsel ORDER 1. The Petitioner is aggrieved by an order dated 15th October 2014 passed by the Commissioner of Central Excise (CCE) declining the Petitioner's request for cross-examination of the witnesses mentioned in the show cause notice (SCN) issued by the CCE to the Petitioner on 4th April 2013. 2. In response to the above SCN, the Petitioner filed an int....
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....ed counsel for the Department submitted that the request itself was premature and the Petitioner could not insist on first cross-examining the witnesses of the Department before he filing the final reply to the SCN. She added that the Department will abide by the Manual as and when the stage is reached for cross-examining the witnesses of the Department. 5. This Court while directing notice to is....
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....ssued: (a) The Petitioner will submit a final reply to the SCN, on the basis of what has been made available to the Petitioner, within a period of four weeks from today and in any event not later than 14th March 2016. (b) In the final reply, the Petitioner will indicate the names of the witnesses of the Department whom the Petitioner wishes to cross-examine. (c) The adjudicating authority will ....