Evidence from Dealers and Transporters Unreliable Without Cross-Examination: Central Excise Act Section 9 Compliance Essential.

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....Clandestine Removal - threshold limit of SSI Exemption - third party evidences reliable or not - It is settled that statements of dealers and transporters and the documents recovered from them cannot be relied upon as evidence since, no cross examination have been carried out by the adjudicating authority from the dealers and transporters as mandated under Section 9 of the Central Excise Act therefore, without cross examination neither the statements nor the documents recovered from transporter and dealers can be relied upon - Demand with penalties set aside - AT....