Commissioner (Appeals) Cannot Remand Cases Under Amended Section 128A, Must Conclude Classification Dispute.

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....Power of commissioner (appeals) to remand back the case - There are no piece of evidence to take a contrary view to the finding of the first appellate authority as to the classification of the imported goods as ‘Superior Kerosene Oil’ by rejecting the uncorroborated classification as LAWS by the appellant - the Commissioner (Appeals) should have closed the case instead of remanding the matter back to the file of the original authority, which is against the amended provisions of Section 128A of the Customs Act, 1962, which has withdrawn the power of the Commissioner (Appeals) to remand the case for fresh adjudication except for those issues mentioned at Section 128A(3)(b), which does not cover the impugned issue. - AT....