2024 (9) TMI 513

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....manth And Honourable Mr. Justice G.Arul Murugan For the Petitioner : Mr.Vishun Mohan for Mr.Rahul Balaji For the Respondents : Mr.H.Siddharth (for R2) Junior Standing Counsel, R1 - Tribunal COMMON ORDER DR. ANITA SUMANTH, J. In these writ petitions, the petitioners challenge an order of the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal (CEGAT) dated 21.05.2003 rejecting an appeal file....

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....he appeals came to be rejected for non-compliance with the stay conditions, by order dated 23.05.2003. Hence these writ petitions challenging order dated 23.05.2003. 4. The first issue to be addressed is the maintainability of these writ petitions challenging a final order of the CEGAT in the face of an alternate statutory remedy by way of Civil Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 35G of the Centr....

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....upon the petitioners making the pre-deposit now. 6. Fortified by the aforesaid decision, and with a view to balancing the interests of the parties, we accept the plea of the petitioners and set aside impugned orders dated 21.05.2003 upon condition that the petitioners remit a sum of Rs. 15 lakhs per appeal within a period of four (4) weeks from date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. Upon sa....