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..... C (1994 (1) TMI 88 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) constituting the committee of disputes was no longer operative. This subsequent event should have been taken note by the learned Tribunal to shorten the matter rather than relying on a technicality for the purpose of dismissing the appeal by holding that the order in ONGC was valid on 13th May, 2010 when the appeal was filed. - Decided in favour of asse .....

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..... ommittee of disputes had failed to yield the desired effect, and therefore, the order constituting such committees passed in Oil and Natural Gas Commission v. Collector of Central Excise, reported in 1994 (70) E.L.T. 45 (S.C.) required reconsideration. Accordingly, the Supreme Court directed the registry to place the matter before the Hon ble Chief Justice of India for appropriate direction. Pursu .....

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..... , grant of clearance to one and not to the other may result in generation of more and more litigation. The mechanism has outlived its utility. In the changed scenario indicated above, we are of the view that time has come under the above circumstances to recall the directions of this court in its various orders reported as (i) ONGC v. CCE [1995] Supp 4 SCC 541 dated October 11, 1991; (ii) ONGC v. .....

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