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SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, KRISHNA MURARI
Pr. Commissioner Central Excise Delhi I – Appellant
Versus
Design Dialogues India Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The impugned order was passed by the CESTAT on 20-05-2019 and the proposal is stated to have been sent by the applicant to the Ministry of Finance on 06-01-2020, after six months.
2. The plea raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that similar matters are pending in Civil Appeal No.6550/2015 and other connected matters.
tioner submits that more than Rs. 5 Crores is at stake. If that be, the authorities should recover it from the officer concerned.
5. Before we proceed with the application further, we would like to know the steps which have been taken by the appellant against the officers concerned!
6. If it has not been done, then an inquiry must be held, responsibility fixed and the action taken against the officers be placed before us.
7. The learned Additional Solicitor General requests for three months’ time to complete the process.
8. We may only note that it has taken a year’s delay apart from the 90 days period to file the special leave petition and now three months further are required to complete action against the officers concerned. So much for the anxiety about the revenue!
9. List on 03-09-2021.
Timely action, inquiry, and responsibility fixing are crucial in cases of revenue delay.
Timeliness in filing appeals must be adhered to; negligence does not justify delay.
Adherence to the period of limitation and discouragement of casual approach by government and public authorities in filing petitions with the Supreme Court.
Points Of Law : Leeway which was given to Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was the result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not....
Points Of Law : Leeway which was given to Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was the result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not....
Points Of Law : Leeway which was given to Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not adv....
Leeway which was given to the Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not advanced and th....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that explanations for delay in filing petitions must be supported by cogent evidence, and insufficient explanations cannot warrant condonation of d....
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