2006 (8) TMI 194

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.....]. - The appellant has approached this Court against the order passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (for short 'the Tribunal'), dated 24-2-2005 raising eight substantial questions of law. As is evident from order dated 11-7-2006 the appeal was confined to proposed question Nos. (iii) and (v), which are extracted below : "(iii)  Whether, the impugned ....

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.... passed within the meaning of Sections 128 and 130 of the Customs Act, 1962 (for short 'the Act'). According to him, in this communication neither any reason has been recorded nor any plea raised by the appellant has been dealt with, hence, the same cannot be termed as a reasoned order. He has further contended that even the show cause notice should be treated beyond a period of six months, as no ....

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....essed to the assessee therein mentioning the details of duty already paid and which was required to be paid, determined after hearing the assessee therein, was held to be an order. A perusal of order dated 30-6-2000, which according to the appellant was not an order, shows that the same itself provided towards the end of the order that an appeal from this order lies to the Appellate Commissione....

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....it is not disputed by the appellant that before passing the order the appellant was given due opportunity in the form of show cause notice to which the appellant had filed reply also. Accordingly, we do not find any merit in this contention of the appellant. 6. As far as second issue is concerned, as per the provisions of Section 128 of the Act, the appeal could be filed against the order of th....