2000 (6) TMI 427

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..... stice K. Sreedharan, President]. Appellant claims to be manufacturers of ayurvedic medicines. By adjudication Order No. 178/DC/IND-1/CEX/98-99, dated 10-3-1999, the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise imposed a duty of Rs. 2,13,888/- under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Mandatory penalty of similar amount under Section 11AC and penalty of Rs. 75,000/- under Rule 173Q is also .....

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..... er occasions we came across identically worded orders passed by him on stay petitions filed by the appellants before him. The stereo-typed order shows clear absence of application of mind to the facts of each case. Commissioner, we are pained to say, was not at all acting in a judicial manner. 3. In the instant case, the Representative of the appellant has substantiated the case that the appella .....

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