1996 (2) TMI 216

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..... the Respondents. [Order per : Justice U.L. Bhat, President]. - With regard to the import made by the appellant, the Collector passed an adjudication order determining differential duty at Rs. 2,79,110.00 and imposing penalty of Rs. 3,00,000.00 on the appellant. The order was passed on 29-6-87. This order is now challenged. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant stated that he has serious c .....

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..... der and inform the party or the counsel. The Collector, far from doing so, passed an order on 29-6-1987, without even waiting to see if the party himself would appear or would engage other counsel to argue the matter on 6-7-1987. This would amount to effective denial of an opportunity of personal hearing. For this reason, the order deserves to be and is hereby set aside. The jurisdictional Commiss .....

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