2012 (6) TMI 920

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....Crawford Bayley & Co. for the appellant. Mr.Pradeep S Jetly with Mr.S D Bhosale for the respondent. ORDER 1. Whether the CESTAT was justified in directing the assessee to make predeposit of Rs.1.5 crores for entertaining the appeal against the order-in-original dated 30th September 2009, is the question raised in this appeal. 2. In the present case, by an order-in-original dated 30th S....

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.... Thane - I was placed before the CESTAT, however, the CESTAT has declined to consider the said letter merely because the demand has been confirmed by the adjudicating authority after the issuance of the letter dated 23rd August 2004. 4. In our opinion, if the Commissioner of Central Excise, Thane - I has represented to the Members, CBEC that the objections raised by the audit party is erroneous....