2025 (8) TMI 175

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....h, the learned Senior Counsel representing the petitioners is, the order being passed after 13 months failed to take into consideration the relevant submissions and the documents, which were furnished. 2. Mr Shah would submit that a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner no.1 by respondent no.3 on 28.12.2020 demanding service tax of Rs. 33,49,29,932/- along with interest and penalty to which cause was shown. The petitioner requested for early hearing of the proceedings and respondent no. 2 granted personal hearing to the petitioners on 06.02.2024, which was attended in the presence of the tax consultants. The arguments were concluded on the said date awarding the passing of the order. However, the order came to be passed on 17.04.2....

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....he judgment is a part of justice dispensation system, it has to be without delay. In a country like ours where people consider the Judges only second to God, efforts be made to strengthen that belief of the common man. Delay in disposal of the cases facilitates the people to raise eyebrows, sometime genuinely which, if not checked, may shake the confidence of the people in the judicial system. A time has come when the judiciary itself has to assert for preserving its stature, respect and regards for the attainment of the rule of law. For the fault of a few, the glorious and glittering name of the judiciary cannot be permitted to be made ugly. It is the policy and purpose of law, to have speedy justice for which efforts are required to be ma....