2005 (2) TMI 199

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....rder per : Jyoti Balasundaram, Vice-President]. - The above appeals arise out of the order of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai confirming duty demand of Rs. 93,98,607/- against the appellant company and imposing penalty of Rs. 40 lakhs in terms of Rule 173Q of the Central Excise Rules 1944 for the period 1-4-1993 to 27-9-1996 and Rs. 54,01,636/- under Section 11AC of the Central Excise A....

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....first air dried and passed through series of hot rollers, to free the same from moisture. The moisture free hessian base material is thereafter passed through a tank containing molten "Rot Proof" bituminous solution so that the fibres present in hessianbase material get uniform application of "Rot Proof" solution. The Bitumen used is of low melting point quality 80/100 petroleum Bitumen. It (the f....

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....d on both side with bitumen, inorganic fillers and mica. The percentage composition of constituent is as under :- "1.     Bitumen - 51.90%, 2.       Jute fabrics - 10.2%, 3.       Mica 6.4%, 4.       Inorganic fillers as balance." The Adjudicating authority has slotted the p....

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....stos and mica. The Tribunal upheld classification under Chapter Heading 59.09. In the light of the above decision, the appellants' claim for classification under Chapter Heading 59.09 is correct. There is no dispute on the availability of the benefit of Notifications in question, which benefit has been denied only for the reason that the goods do not fall for classification under Chapter Heading 5....