2017 (8) TMI 1154

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..... -Appellant Shri K.P. Muralidharan, AC (AR), For the Respondent ORDER Per: Sulekha Beevi C.S The above applications have been filed by the applicant seeking to condone delay of 722 days each in filing the appeals. 2. On behalf of the applicant Ld. Counsel Shri G. Natarajan, Advocate, submitted that applicant-company is a subsidiary of BRACHOT-HERMANT N.V. which holds 87.5% of the shareholding .....

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..... ntendent of Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, Dharmapuri directing the applicant company to pay the adjudication levies under the OIO No.9/2011 read with OIA No.20-21/2014 dated 22.02.2014. On a further inquiry, it came to light that the Applicant company (at the relevant time managed by Mr. Murali Mohan, M.D.) has neither preferred any appeal against the said OIA even though there was a go .....

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..... irector and therefore the company did not come to know of the order passed in the proceedings. Today, ld. counsel has also produced documents to show that a F.I.R has been registered as well as prosecution has been initiated against the Indian Managing Director who was appointed to manage the affairs of the company in India. We therefore of the opinion that appellant has put forward reasonable cau .....

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