Court Quashes Order Due to Unjustifiable 11-Year Delay in Central Excise Case; Petitioner Not at Fault.

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....Inordinate delay in adjudication of SCN - delay of eleven years from issuance of SCN - the petitioner cannot be blamed for non adjudication of the SCN as he had never requested to transfer it to the Call Book or he has never delayed any proceedings pending adjudication - there shall not be any hanging sword, without any justifiable reasons - impugned order quashed....